Gerardus Mercator natus Rupelmundæ III non. Martii anno MDXII, vixit ann. LXXXII. M.VIII.D.XXVI, denatus IV non. Decembris anno MDXCIV Iudocus Hondius natus in Pago Flandriæ dicto Wackene XVI kalend. Novembris anno MDLXIII, visit ann. XLVII. M.VII.D.XXIX, denatus XIV kal. Martii anno MDCXII

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Plate from: Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas, sive, Cosmographicæ meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura / G. Mercator. Amsterodami : Sumptibus Iohannis Cloppenburgij, anno 1636. Double portrait of Mercator and Hondius, each shown measuring a globe, with map of Europe behind them; engraved by Coletta Hondius. Text on verso: Atlas Gerardi Mercatoris et Iusti Hondii cosmographorum mortem dolens ... / Petrus Montanus -- In obitum clarissimi viri, Iudoci Hondii cosmographi ... / Maximilianus Vrientius ... -- In atlantem Gerardi Mercators, a Iudoco Hondio suppletum & divulgatum, epigramma ... / P. Scriverius -- In tabulas geograpicas Geradi Mercatoris authore et auspice Cl. V. Iudoco Hondio auctius & illustrius evulgatas ... / Ioh. Isacius Pontanus.

Publisher:

[Amsterodami : Sumptibus Iohannis Cloppengurgij, 1636]

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594—Portraits, Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612—Portraits, and Double portraits—1636

Access Rights:

Public

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TIFF