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Maker(s):Blaeu, Willem
Culture:Dutch (1571-1638)
Title:Guinea, from the Teatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus
Date Made:1635
Type:Map; Print
Materials:Engraving with hand coloring
Place Made:Europe; Netherlands; Holland; Amsterdam
Measurements:sheet: 19 1/4 in x 23 1/4 in; 48.895 cm x 59.055 cm; plate: 15 1/4 in x 20 3/4 in; 38.735 cm x 52.705 cm; image: 15 1/16 in x 20 5/8 in; 38.25875 cm x 52.3875 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.672
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Bifolium. First page is titled "GVINEA." followed by two columns of text in Latin with words in italics in margins noting the different subjects. The text continues onto half of the fourth page (when opened flat they are side-by-side, with the text starting on the right side and ending on left). The paragraph starts with a large decorated initial "P" and ends on the fourth page with similar decoration in the shape of a triangle.

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