{"id":24593,"date":"2018-06-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/dev-en\/antiek\/uncategorized\/bermuda-blaeu\/"},"modified":"2024-06-10T11:09:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T09:09:45","slug":"bermuda-blaeu","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/maps\/maps-world\/north-and-south-america\/bermuda-blaeu\/","title":{"rendered":"Bermuda &#8211; Willem Blaeu, c. 1630"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THE BERMUDAS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong><em>Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; copper engraving published by <strong>Willem Blaeu<\/strong> in Amsterdam <strong>approx. 1630<\/strong>. Coloured by a later hand. Size: 40,4 x 53,1 cm.<\/p>\n<p>In 1612, the English began settlement of the Bermuda archipelago with arrival of the ship the <i>Plough<\/i>. New London (renamed St. George&#8217;s Town) was settled that year and designated as the colony&#8217;s first capital. (In modern times it is the oldest continually inhabited English town in the <a title=\"New World\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_World\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New World<\/a>.)<sup id=\"cite_ref-Smithsonian_20-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>In 1615, the colony, which had been renamed the Somers Isles in commemoration of Sir <a title=\"George Somers\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Somers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Somers<\/a>, was passed on to the <a title=\"Somers Isles Company\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Somers_Isles_Company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Somers Isles Company<\/a>. <sup id=\"cite_ref-21\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>As Bermudians settled the <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Carolina Colony\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carolina_Colony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carolina Colony<\/a> and contributed to establishing other <a title=\"British colonization of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_colonization_of_the_Americas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English colonies in the Americas<\/a>, several other locations were named after the archipelago. During this period the first slaves were held and trafficked to the islands.<\/p>\n<p>Blaeu based his work on John Speed&#8217;s very accurate map of 1626-1627. It shows the island divided into tribes and lots. Below the map itself appear the names of the first proprietors and the number of shares assigned to each. A splendid cartouche shows Neptune astride the Royal Arms holding a ship. The miniature map below the cartouche shows the correct proportion of the island to the coast of the mainland.<\/p>\n<p>Further adorned with scale cartouches, coats of arms and compass rose with a fleur-de-lys. The map is superimposed over a map of the Atlantic with the coastlines of Britain, North America and Hispanola showing the location of Bermuda.<\/p>\n<p>Price: Euro 2.150,-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE BERMUDAS &#8220;Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas&#8221; copper engraving published by Willem Blaeu in Amsterdam approx. 1630. Coloured by a later hand. Size: 40,4 x 53,1 cm. In 1612, the English began settlement of the Bermuda archipelago with arrival of the ship the Plough. 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