The Great World Maps
Stopendael's World Between Two Heavens
Copernicus above the Earth, Ptolemy below it.
- Map
- Orbis terrarum tabula recens emendata et in lucem edita
- Mapmaker
- Bastiaen Stopendael
- Date
- 1682
- Held by
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Format
The full-resolution scan, color-managed to the source — yours to print, study, and explore.
Size
$29.00
The story
Bastiaen Stopendael engraved this world map in 1682, and it was used in the Keur Bible published by Jacob and Hendrik Keur that year, with Dutch text on the back. Above the map is the system of Nicolaus Copernicus, with the sun at the centre. Below it is the system of Ptolemy, with the Earth at the centre. In the corners sits an allegory of the four elements. A Bible reader in 1682 could turn to this page and find both versions of the heavens offered at once, the new one on top. It is numbered 6 at the lower right.
About this reproduction
- A faithful reproduction of a public-domain map held by Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — the work is centuries out of copyright.
- Printed to order on 200gsm EMA matte art paper or 400gsm canvas; framed pieces sit behind acrylic.
- Color-managed to the source scan; we correct nothing and invent nothing.
- Ships in 5–10 business days, rolled in a heavy-wall tube (framed and linen-backed pieces ship flat-packed).
- If it arrives less than perfect, we reprint or refund — your choice.
Why our maps cost more than a poster: we print from the highest-resolution scans in existence, at sizes where the engraving itself becomes visible — the sea monsters, the tiny place-names, the burin lines — on matte paper that holds every line without glare.
