File:Map of Hven from copper etching of Blaeu Atlas 1663.jpg

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English: Map of the island of Hven from a copper etching of Willem Janszoon Blaeu's Blaeu Atlas 1663.

Willem made this map based on his experience as a student of Tycho Brahe between 1594 and 1596.

On this map North is up, Denmark to the west and Scania, now part of Sweden, to the east.

It shows the location of Uraniborg just above the centre, and below the linked set of ponds that Tycho had created to both collect water and power his papermill and other small industries on the island.

Name of map  : INSULAE HVAENA
Cartographer  : Johannes Blaeu
Area displayed  : Island of Hven

Map record source: Biblioteca Nacionale Espana (click on "View Digital object" to browse from the first page down to "GMG/189/177/mapa") (1664 is date of atlas on title page at "GMG/189/5/hg-ilustracionr")

vorige upload: Tychobrahe.com

Originally uploaded on English Wikipedia by en:User:Wikibob.
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Source (There is no permanent link) Browse to [1], click "View Digital Object", scroll down and click on link "GMG/189/177/mapa", image should appear named "GMG189177mapa.jpeg" in right hand panel.
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Joan Blaeu  (1596–1673)  wikidata:Q379677
 
Joan Blaeu
Alternative names
Johannes Blaeu; John Wiliamson Blaeu; Johannes Willemszoon Blaeu
Description Dutch cartographer, publisher, instrument maker and book printer
Date of birth/death 23 September 1596 Edit this at Wikidata 28 December 1673 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Alkmaar Edit this at Wikidata Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1615 Edit this at Wikidata–1673 Edit this at Wikidata
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Amsterdam; Vienna; Amsterdam (1631–1662) Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q379677
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18:18, 30 December 2005Thumbnail for version as of 18:18, 30 December 2005750 × 601 (89 KB)Fred J (talk | contribs):: '' Originally uploaded on English Wikipedia by en:User:Wikibob. Map of the island of Hven from a copper etching of Willem Janszoon Blaeu's Blaeu Atlas 1663. Willem made this map while a student of Tycho Brahe between 1594 and 1596. On th

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