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Jan Janssonius: Alsatia Superior cum Svntgoia et Brisgoia.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Jan Janssonius  (1588–1664)  wikidata:Q949492 s:it:Autore:Johannes Janssonius
 
Alternative names
Jan Jansson, Jan Jansz, Jan Janszoon, Joannes Janssonius
Description Dutch cartographer, publisher, printseller and visual artist
Date of birth/death 1588 Edit this at Wikidata 11 July 1664 / 1664 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Arnhem Amsterdam
Work period from 1616 until 1664
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1616-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1664-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
Amsterdam (1612–1664); Arnhem (1612–1612) Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q949492
Title
Alsatia Superior cum Svntgoia et Brisgoia.
Description
English: A beautiful example of Jansson's 1644 map of upper Alsace, France. Oriented to the west, this map covers the Rhine valley from Basel to Strasbourg. Shows numerous towns, villages, forests, and river tributaries. Topography and major cities are shown in profile. Published in Amsterdam by Jan Jansson for the 1644 edition of Nouvel Atlas ou Theatre du Mondre .
Date 1644 (undated)
Dimensions height: 15 in (38.1 cm); width: 19 in (48.2 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,15U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,19U218593
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Geographicus link: AlsatiaSuperior-jansson-1644
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Jansson, J., Nouvel Atlas ou Theatre du Mondre, 1644.

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