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Dear MapHisters, I am currently writing my undergraduate dissertation on Blaeu's Atlas Novus of 1645. It is dedicated to Joseph Hill (1625-1707) a nonconformist minister who spent much time in the United Provinces (Alumni Cantabrigienses). On the front cover there is an emblem which I am having trouble deciphering. It is of a bird gorged with a crown and a cresset or beacon ablaze with a ladder. Would anyone know of whom or what this emblem may represent? I have posted a photo online: https://picasaweb.google.com/112232999000028493690/Blaeu1645AtlasNovus?authu ser=0 <https://picasaweb.google.com/112232999000028493690/Blaeu1645AtlasNovus?auth user=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCPCsp5Wf_8_pQw&feat=directlink> &authkey=Gv1sRgCPCsp5Wf_8_pQw&feat=directlink Kind regards, Tom Crawford Geography Undergraduate, University of Bristol.
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