Atlas contractus orbis terrarum praecipuas ac novissimas complectens tabulas.

A detailed, hand-colored engraved map of the Westphalian Circle (Circulus Westphalicus) in northwestern Germany and parts of the Netherlands. The map is oriented with West at the top (Occidens), East at the bottom (Oriens), South at the left (Meridies), and North at the right (Septentrio). At the top right is an ornate scale of German miles. In the bottom right corner, a large decorative cartouche contains the map's title, surmounted by the imperial double-headed eagle. The cartouche is flanked by two men in 17th-century attire: one seated on the left pointing at the map, and one standing on the right holding a spear. The geography includes numerous cities, rivers (including the Rhine and Ems), forests, and territorial boundaries of various duchies, counties, and bishoprics.

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East

South

North

Major Regions and Features:

• GERMAN SEA original: "GERMANICVM MARE" (The North Sea)
• PART OF THE BISHOPRIC OF BREMEN.
• COUNTY OF OLDENBURG.
• BISHOPRIC OF OSNABRÜCK.
• BISHOPRIC OF MINDEN
• COUNTY OF HOYA
• COUNTY OF BENTHEIM.
• LINGEN
• MÜNSTER original: "MONASTERIVM"
• DUCHY OF CLEVES original: "DVCATVS CLEVIÆ"
• DUCHY OF JÜLICH original: "DVCATVS IVLIÆ"
• COUNTY OF BERG.
• DUCHY OF WESTPHALIA
• COUNTY OF MARK.
• COUNTY OF WALDECK.
• SANCTUARY original: "SANTIFT", likely referring to the ecclesiastical lordship of Paderborn
• OVERIJSSEL original: "TRANSISALANA"
• PART OF FRIESLAND
• PART OF BRABANT
• PART OF GUELDERS