The Universe of Amsterdam

  • Treasures from the Golden Age of Cartography

    Composed and edited by Alice Taatgen.

    With contributions from Robbert Dijkgraaf, André Kuipers and Reinder Storm

    The largest maps in the world are to be found in the floor of the Citizens’ Hall, in the heart of the Royal Palace Amsterdam. The three circular mosaics, each measuring over six metres in diameter, together depict the known world and the night sky. They remain to this day an iconic and beloved part of the majestic palace, which was originally built in the mid-seventeenth century to serve as Amsterdam’s town hall. At that time, the city was the world’s leading cartography centre. The prominent place of the floor maps relates directly to that primacy. This book tells the story of these unique maps and of the flourishing of cartography in Amsterdam in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

    21,5 x 21,5 cm
    96 pages
    67 illustrations
    bound
    English
    ENG ISBN 9789462622494
    NL ISBN 9789462622487 https://www.waandersdekunst.nl/universum-van-amsterdam.html
    € 19,95
    Out of print


  • Article number: 190604
  • 19,95

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