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H.A.M. van der H eijden Philippus Cluverius and Dutch cartography An introduction The study of the history of cartography has not only greatly ourished and pro- gressed in recent decades, but it has also considerably expanded. At the begin- ning this research was de ned by the method of locating and describing single maps and maps in atlases. Koeman’s six-volume Atlantes Neerlandici , 1967 - 91 , became the unrivalled monument of this approach. This was followed by carto- bibliography, i.e. the tracking down, study and description of single maps of the countries and the provinces, 1 a practice which is still being continued. But now a new area of source material is opening up for the history of cartography: the tracing and description of maps in all sorts of books, particularly in the eld of geography, history and even religion and contemporary a V airs, such as the Bible and pamphlets. Numerous publications contain maps even when their authors did not consciously consider this possibility nor intended to include maps. They were the ‘silent’ promotors of the history of the cartography. Emanuel van Meteren’s history yielded eight relatively rare maps of the Netherlands, 2 but
Quaerendo – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2002
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