Olsen’s Chart of Halibut Stocks in British Waters Mapmaker(s)_Carsten Niebuhr Lithographed plan of London

Lithographed plan of London

Janssonius revised the decorative elements in the 1630s

dated within the elaborate rococo cartouche

his canal maps ‘earned for him a great reputation’

presented on a lion-skin with inset views of Furnes (Veurne) and Ypres

Olsen’s Chart of Halibut Stocks in British Waters Mapmaker(s)_Carsten Niebuhr Lithographed plan of LondonDo you prefer your flatfish with eyes to the right, or to the left? This map was published in the Piscatorial Atlas of the North Sea, English and Georges Channels, a series of 50 lavishly chromolithographed charts recording the distribution spawning grounds and abundance of the major edible species of fish, shellfish and crustacea caught in the North Sea and off the coasts of the British Isles. There are insets showing the fish themselves, and the