Navarra Regnum.

Title

Navarra Regnum.

Magnificent map showing the province of Navarre with Pamplona, Tudela and Calahorra as far as Bayonne in France. Also features a mile indicator, title and coat of arms cartouche of Navarre, as well as four smaller coats of arms in the country. Reverse side with Latin text, after W. J. Baeu.

ca. 1668

Artist

Janssonius (1588-1664)

Johannes Janssonius (Jansson)( 1588- 1664) Amsterdam, was born in Arnhem, the son of Jan Janszoon the Elder, a publisher and bookseller. In 1612 he married Elisabeth de Hondt, the daughter of Jodocus Hondius. He produced his first maps in 1616 of France and Italy. In 1623 Janssonius owned a bookstore in Frankfurt am Main, later also in Danzig, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Königsberg, Geneva and Lyon. In the 1630s he formed a partnership with his brother in law Henricus Hondius, and together they published atlases as Mercator/Hondius/Janssonius. Under the leadership of Janssonius the Hondius Atlas was steadily enlarged. Renamed Atlas Novus, it had three volumes in 1638, one fully dedicated to Italy. 1646 a fourth volume came out with ""English County Maps"", a year after a similar issue by Willem Blaeu. Janssonius' maps are similar to those of Blaeu, and he is often accused of copying from his rival, but many of his maps predate those of Blaeu and/or covered different regions. By 1660, at which point the atlas bore the appropriate name ""Atlas Major"", there were 11 volumes, containing the work of about a hundred credited authors and engravers. It included a description of ""most of the cities of the world"" (Townatlas), of the waterworld (Atlas Maritimus in 33 maps), and of the Ancient World (60 maps). The eleventh volume was the Atlas of the Heavens by Andreas Cellarius. Editions were printed in Dutch, Latin, French, and a few times in German.

Historical Description

Navarra (Spanish Navarra, Basque Nafarroa) is a historical region in northern Spain, bordering France. It was originally part of the Kingdom of Navarre, which emerged in the 9th century and played an important role on the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. The Kingdom of Navarre developed from the Basque territory around Pamplona and reached its greatest extent in the 11th–12th centuries. In 1512, the southern part of Navarre was conquered by the Castilian king Ferdinand the Catholic and incorporated into the Spanish Crown. The northern part initially remained independent and was later (in 1589) united with France. Since then, Navarra (officially Comunidad Foral de Navarra) has been an autonomous region of Spain with a special historical status. Its capital is Pamplona (Iruña), known in particular for the traditional bull-running festival (San Fermín).