Bergen op Zoom Towns of Europe Berga by Braun & Hogenberg 1588
Title: Bergen op Zoom.
Braun & Hogenberg Old map of Bergen op Zoom.
Description: Copper engraved birds eye view in watercolor of the town Bergen op Zoom. Origin: Braun & Hogenberg's "Le Civitas Orbis Terrarum. " German text Ipern to verso.
Cartographers: Georg Braun (1541 – 1622) was a topo-geographer. Braun corresponds with map sellers and scientists around the world. From 1572 to 1617 he edited the Civitates orbis terrarum, which contains 546 prospects, bird's-eye views and maps of cities from all around the world. He began work with Frans Hogenberg but was the main publisher of the book. He acquired the plates, hired artists and wrote the texts. He died as an octogenarian in 1622, as the only survivor of the original team to witness the publication of volume VI in 1617.
Frans Hogenberg (1535 - 1590) was a Brabant cartographer. Hogenberg drew maps and made drawings for publishers in the Netherlands, Germany and England. Besides being a draftsman, painter and engraver, he was also a publisher himself.
Like his brother Remigius, Frans probably got lessons from his stepfather, the mapmaker Hendrik Terbruggen. The plates of Le Civitas Orbis Terrarum were engraved by Frans Hogenberg and Simon Novellanus after the original drawings of Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1600) who travelled with Ortelius through Europe.
Sheet app.: 18.75 x 15.75 inches. 47 x 40 cm. Image app:. 15 x 13.25 inches. 38 x 34 cm Condition: Nice map in very good condition, Centre fold as published
