In 1645, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Blaeu" class="extiw" title="en:Joan Blaeu">Joan Blaeu</a> (1598-1673) successfully published an atlas of England. Blaeu based this atlas on the Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine published by his English colleague <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Speed" class="extiw" title="en:John Speed">John Speed</a> (1552-1629) in 1611. Infected by this success, Blaeus neighbour, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Janssonius" class="extiw" title="en:Jan Janssonius">Jan Janssonius</a> (1588-1664), copied the complete atlas. Janssonius published this pirate issue in 1646. This map of the Isle of Wight and the Isle of Man has been taken from Janssonius atlas. The map is enriched with allegorical figures and attributes representing the economical and cultural character of the province.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19972007" class="extiw" title="d:Q19972007"><span title="Dutch artist">Dirk Jansz van Santen</span></a>
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1646<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1646-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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