Map of the Winds Compass Rose Chart - Vintage Nautical Art Print - Antique Navigational Chart - Restoration Style - Old Maps and Prints

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Map of the Winds Compass Rose Chart - Vintage Nautical Art Print - Antique Navigational Chart - Restoration Style - Old Maps and Prints

Complete your decor with Jansson's "Tabula Anemographica seu Pyxis Nautica Ventorum Nomina Sex Linguis Repraesentans" from 1650. This amazingly detailed 17th century anemographic, or wind rose chart, is historically significant as it represents a transitional point in the perception of direction, namely the transition from the wind rose to the compass rose.

Early mariners as far back as ancient Greece defined direction by the names the various winds and the points from which they blew. Homer identified four cardinal winds, but as navigation and cartography advanced, more were added. This chart represents a full thirty-two named winds, each identified by different names in Greek, Latin, French, and Dutch. Each wind is attached to both contemporary compass points, north, west, east and south, and a more sophisticated circle and degree system.

In the corners of the chart each wind is personified by figures bearing the racial characteristics associated with the region or direction represented. This chart was published as plate 1 in Jansson's' 1650 Atlas Maritimus or volume 5 in his Atlantis Majoris .

*Please note that our images are most optimal at the largest size offered. Be aware you may encounter readability issues with any script/writing in the smaller sizes. This is not an issue with print quality.

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12" x 16"
16" x 20"
18" x 24"

❖ High resolution images printed at or below optimal size to preserve clarity. We won't blow up an image to sell you a more expensive size!


❖ Digitally restored to remove distracting blemishes, stamps, and damage while still preserving the foxing, wear, and creases that lend to the character of these historic images

❖ Print size includes a 1-2 inch white margin for easy framing, with or without a mat

❖ Printed on archival quality Epson Enhanced matte stock:
◆ 10.3 mil thick/192 GSM heavyweight

◆ Acid-free, museum quality


❖ Printed only with Epson UltraChrome HDR ink
◆ Natural high-density pigment colors

◆ Rated lightfast up to 200+ years


❖ Printed on Epson Stylus Pro 7900/9900 printers for giclée quality color and clarity

❖ Protective hardboard kraft tubes virtually eliminate shipping damage
◆ Made from 70-100% post-consumer recycled content


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