North wind, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1589 - 1611 print Cloud cover with boreas (north wind). He is accompanied by Saturn and an eagle. Their feet rest on the North Wind (Septentrio), which is depicted as a blowing head without a body. Down on the earth, the north and winter are personalized. Left in the background a face on Nova Zembla. On the right in the background the people of Norway. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Cologne paper engraving (Story of) Boreas (Aquilo), the North Wind; 'Borea Overo Aquilone' (ripe). Allegorical Representation of the North Pole.
North wind, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1589 - 1611 print Cloud cover with boreas (north wind). He is accompanied by Saturn and an eagle. Their feet rest on the North Wind (Septentrio), which is depicted as a blowing head without a body. Down on the earth, the north and winter are personalized. Left in the background a face on Nova Zembla. On the right in the background the people of Norway. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Cologne paper engraving (Story of) Boreas (Aquilo), the North Wind; 'Borea Overo Aquilone' (ripe). Allegorical Representation of the North Pole. winter, 'hyemys'; 'Inverno' (rippa) (+ ways of representing seasons and months). (Story of) Jupiter (Zeus) New Zembla
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