Finished 27th June 2013

 2000 Pieces

Worldmap 1650

"Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula"

by Giulielmo Bleauw

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I chose a selection of the surrounding allegories and pictures:

1) the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

the statue of Zeus at Olympia

(Zeus = greek mythology/Jupiter = Roman mythology)

The Great Pyramid of Giza

The Colossus of Rhodes

2) The Gods of Mount Olympus

Sol (Roman mythology)/ Zeus (greek mythology)

The Father of God and Men



Mercurius (Roman mythology)/ Hermes (greek mythology)

The God of Transitions

3) the four classical elements - on the left side of the map

Ignis/Fire

4) the four seasons

Summer