Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio : quam ex magna universali Gerardi Mercatoris Domino Richardo Gartho, geographie ac ceterarum bonarum artium amatori ac fautori summo, in veteris amicitie ac familiaritatis memoria
Item Information
- Title:
- Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio : quam ex magna universali Gerardi Mercatoris Domino Richardo Gartho, geographie ac ceterarum bonarum artium amatori ac fautori summo, in veteris amicitie ac familiaritatis memoria
- Creator:
- Mercator, Rumold, approximately 1545-1599
- Contributor:
- Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
- Contributor:
- Hondius, Jodocus, 1594 or 1595-1629
- Name on Item:
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Rumoldus Mercator fieri curabat
- Date:
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[ca. 1607–1612]
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
- Location:
- Phillips Academy
- Collection (local):
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Sidney R. Knafel Map Collection at Phillips Academy, Andover MA
- Subjects:
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World maps--Early works to 1800
- Extent:
- 1 map : hand colored ; 2 hemispheres 26 cm. in diameter, on sheet 48 x 57 cm.
- Terms of Use:
-
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
- Publisher:
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[Amsterodami] :
[Iudoci Hondij
- Scale:
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Scale [ca. 1:100,000,000]
- Language:
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Latin
- Notes:
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Relief shown by hachures.
Prime meridian: [Ferro].
Text on verso in Latin, titled Orbis terrae typus, p. 29-30.
Printer's signature: D.
From the 1607-1608 or 1611-1612 edition of Gerhard Mercator's Atlas.
- Notes (citation):
-
Koeman-Krogt. Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, 0001:1A
Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 157
Suarez, T. Shedding the veil, 31
- Identifier:
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1431