Bidspirit auction | Janssonius Johannes - Polus Antarcticus

Janssonius Johannes - Polus Antarcticus - Etching on paper (1650s) - Polus Antarcticus is a top rare ancient map realized in 1650 by Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664). Good conditions. From Atlantis majoris quinta pars, Orbem maritimum [Novus Atlas, volume V: carte marittime]. Amsterdam: Janssonius, 1650. Technique is etching and they are hand watercolored, with coeval watercoloring. First edition of this famous work by Janssonius also known as the ”Waterwereld”; It is the first ”maritime atlas (in the true sense of the word) printed in the Netherlands” (Koeman) and published as the fifth volume of the Atlas Novus.