decided, for the use of seamen, to add also the part from the coasts of Barbary, Sicily, and Malta, passing the Grecian Islands, Candia, and Cyprus to the coast of Syria.” Of the two small inset maps, one represents the Azores, the other the Beeren Island and the west coast of Spitzbergen. The eastern part of the Mediterranean, Greece and the Ionian Archipelago, the coast of Asia Minor and Syria, have been placed in the Sahara Desert. Longitude is not indicated, but latitude is given on the border, each degree being divided into thirds. In this map northern Europe is brought too far to the west, and, in accord with the general representations of the time, the Mediterranean is given too great an extent in longitude. The errors in latitude are comparatively insignificant. As one of the first examples of the work of Blaeu’s printing house, it is deserving the special mention given above, particularly so by reason of the distinctness of its boundary lines, the excellent form of its letters, and the care with which geographical details have been indicated. [Illustration: Interior of Tycho Brahe’s Observatory at Uranienburg From Le Grand Atlas] A resolution of the States General dated April 25, 1608, gives us the information that to Willem Jansz., map maker of Amsterdam, the sum of 200 gl. is to be given for the dedication and presentation of a book of sea charts, entitled “Het Licht der Zeevaert,” which lays down the coasts and harbors of the Western, Northern and Eastern Seas. In this we appear to have first reference to Volumes I and II of an important work by Blaeu, of which work a third volume appeared in 1621, protected by an octroi of the States General for six years, expressed in a resolution bearing date August 13, 1618.[25] This resolution of the States informs us that to Willem Jansz., a citizen of Amsterdam, an octroi is granted for the period of six years, to make, print, and publish in the United Netherlands, the third part of his book entitled “Het Licht der Zeevaert,” containing a description of the sea-coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. Copies of the first two volumes, printed in accord with the indication contained in the resolution referred to above, that is, in 1608, appear not to be known, but there exists a French edition of 1619, bearing the title “Le flambeau de la navigation ... Chez Guilliaume Jeansz. demeurant sur l’eau, à l’ensigne du Solaire Dore. l’An 1619,” which title is often found in the volume pasted over an original Dutch title dated 1620. In translation this Dutch title, being practically the same as that in French, reads, “The Light of Navigation in which are plainly drawn and described all the Coasts and Harbours of the Western, Northern, Eastern and Mediterranean Seas. Also many countries, islands and places of Guinea, Brazil, East and West Indies. Partly taken from the works of the best writers on marine matters [as Lucas Jansz. Waghenaer and others] but improved