Mercator Atlas « Facsimile edition

This atlas is perhaps one of the most fundamental works in the history of cartography. Created by Flemish cartographer and mathematician Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) and finally published by his son in 1595 after his death, it is a key contribution to the development of a genre of cartographic works: the atlas, a collection of maps and texts in a consistent

Europa, ad magnae Europae Gerardi Mercatoris P. imitationem, Rumoldi Mercatoris F. cura edita, servato tamen initio longitudinis ex ratione magnetis, quod Pater in magna sua universali posuit.: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

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Mercator-Hondius-Janssonius Atlas, facsimile - CartaHistorica

Facsimile) Mercator-1538. 16. S Doc 91 55 2. Historical Map Showing European Occupation in the Year 1597-1803. Gerardus Mercator 1538. Double Cordiform Map of the World by Gerard Mercator, 1538. Reproduced from