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| Keywords: 1650 Jansson Map of the Ancient World - Geographicus - OrbisTerrarum-jansson-1650.jpg An exceptional 1650 map of the world as it was known to the ancients by Jan Janssonius Such maps which filled in contemporary geography with ancient place names were popular in the post-Renaissance period Scholars digging through rediscovered Greek and Roman texts needed a geographical reference point for the numerous place names that peppered these works Such maps began appearing in 16t century This particular example is a significant reworking of an earlier chart by A Ortelius It covers Europe western Asia and Northern Africa as well as significant though blank portions of the surrounding seas Jansson has curiously oriented this chart with Africa at the center As such Europe and Asia seem to take on an almost peripheral role Countless ancient world place names most of which are drawn from Ptolemy's Geographica are included Jansson also notes all five climatic zones the frigid zones in the north and south the habitable temperate zones to the north and south of the tropics and the inhospitable torrid zone to either side of the Equator Cartographically this map does not stray too far from the standard model of the period In Africa the Mountains of the Mood as well as the Likes of the Nile are identified The Caspian Sea is incorrectly oriented on a east-west axis Sri Lanka is identified with Tapobrana In Southeast Asia the five great rivers of the region are shown to originate from the apocryphal lake known though not labeled here as Chaimay Various fishing sailing and merchant ships as well as the odd sea monster fill the unknown seas This example represents the second state of this map with a fully developed dedication at bottom center The first state of the chart left this area blank A baroque title area complete with cherubs occupies the upper part of the plate This chart was published in part 2 of Jansonnius' 1650 Atlas Maritimus or volume 5 in his Atlantis Majoris 1650 undated Size in 20 5 16 5 object history credit line accession number OrbisTerrarum-jansson-1650 Jansson J <i>Atlantis majoris quinta pars orbem maritimum seu omnium marium orbis terrarium ¦</i> part 2 c 1650 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 1650s maps of the world Old maps showing history Ancient Greek maps of the world Maps in Latin 1650 maps Maps by Jan Jansson | ||||
