Dutch Golden Age cartography

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cartographic tradition historical period in cartography

Dutch Golden Age cartography was a period of exceptional mapmaking in the 16th and 17th centuries when Dutch cartographers produced highly accurate, commercially successful, and artistically elaborate maps that shaped European understanding of the world.

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Dutch Golden Age of cartography 1
Golden Age of Netherlandish cartography 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cartographic tradition ⓘ
historical period in cartography ⓘ
characteristic commercial mass production of maps and atlases ⓘ
decorative cartouches and ornamentation ⓘ
hand-colored engravings ⓘ
high geographic accuracy for its time ⓘ
integration of scientific data and artistic design ⓘ
standardization of map formats and symbols ⓘ
systematic sea chart production ⓘ
use of copperplate engraving ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic ⓘ
culturalContext Dutch Golden Age ⓘ
Age of Exploration ⓘ
surface form: European Age of Discovery

rise of Dutch maritime power ⓘ
declineCause rise of French cartography in the late 17th century ⓘ
shifts in trade routes and political power in Europe ⓘ
economicBasis Amsterdam printing and publishing industry ⓘ
VOC monopoly on Asian trade routes ⓘ
global spice trade ⓘ
endTime late 17th century ⓘ
hasKeyRole Municipality of Amsterdam ⓘ
surface form: Amsterdam city government

Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Dutch West India Company ⓘ
States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
hasNotableFigure Abraham Ortelius ⓘ
Claes Janszoon Visscher ⓘ
Cornelis Claesz ⓘ
Frederik de Wit ⓘ
Gerardus Mercator ⓘ
Jodocus Hondius ⓘ
surface form: Henricus Hondius

Hessel Gerritsz ⓘ
Willem Blaeu ⓘ
surface form: Joan Blaeu

Jodocus Hondius ⓘ
Johannes Janssonius ⓘ
Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer ⓘ
Pieter Goos ⓘ
Willem Blaeu ⓘ
surface form: Willem Janszoon Blaeu
hasNotableWork Atlas Maior ⓘ
Mercator–Hondius atlas ⓘ
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum ⓘ
Waghenaer’s sea atlases ⓘ
influenced English cartography ⓘ
European world maps ⓘ
French cartography ⓘ
Portuguese cartography ⓘ
Spanish cartography ⓘ
early American cartography ⓘ
mainLocation Amsterdam ⓘ
Delft ⓘ
Leiden ⓘ
Rotterdam ⓘ
producedFor colonial expansion ⓘ
elite collectors ⓘ
global trade ⓘ
maritime navigation ⓘ
military planning ⓘ
scientific geography ⓘ
startTime late 16th century ⓘ
usedDataFrom astronomical observations ⓘ
coastal surveys ⓘ
exploratory voyages ⓘ
nautical logbooks ⓘ
usedTechnique compass roses ⓘ
early longitude estimation methods ⓘ
latitude scales ⓘ
rhumb lines on sea charts ⓘ

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Theatrum Orbis Terrarum → associatedWith → Dutch Golden Age cartography ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Netherlandish cartography
Dutch Golden Age → hasPart → Dutch Golden Age cartography ⓘ
Willem Blaeu → partOf → Dutch Golden Age cartography ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Golden Age of cartography