AGSL GeoDiscovery

Atlas minor

Alternative Title:

Atlas minor : v. 2 Das ist, eine kurtze jedoch gründliche beschreibung der gantzen weldt, das under theil and Atlas minor

Description:

Relief shown pictorially.

Latitudinal and longitudinal lines.

Index (v. 1): Register und ordnung der taffeln im ersten theil.

Index (v. 2): Register und ordnung der taffeln im andern theil.

Vellum binding.

Seal (including bear) on cover, with gold leaf, mostly worn away.

V. 1: [4] pages, [10], 460 [i.e. 466], [4] pages, [1] leaf of plates -- v. 2: 428 [i.e. 436], [4] pages, [1] leaf of plates.

First 4 pages of v. 1 blank; last 4 pages of v. 2 blank (included in page description).

Engraved title page; head and tail-pieces throughout.

V. 1: Das erste begreifft Gross Britannien. Die Mitternächtige Länder. Deutschland und Niederland. Mit vielen schönen newen kupffer-stücken und land-beschreibungen vermehrt und verbessert.

V. 2: Begreissend Franckreich. Hispanien. Italien. Asia. Africa und America. Mit vielen schönen newen kupffer-stücken und land-beschreibungen ausse newe vermehrt und verbessert.

Introductory text.

Descriptive text accompanies each map.

Decorative cartouches, bar scales, compass roses, rhumb lines, ships, sea monsters.

Maps show topography, vegetation, waterways, shoals, ports, city plans.

Descriptive text on some maps (e.g. Map 210).

Section numbers appear at beneath text and maps (e.g. D d; D d 2).

Map 1 appears as 2 globes: western and eastern hemispheres, with text at bottom: Exiguam vasti qui Terrarum aspicis orbis effigiem pictum opus artificis; Te potius mirare ipsum, simulacra videbis in te orbis duplicis, parvus et orbis eris.

Map 2 shows the north pole.

Map 200 shows soundings.

Map 209 has coat of arms.

Maps 72, 90, 99, 209, and 218 have keys.

Latin titles on most maps.

Italian, Dutch, French, and German on some maps.

Gothic script.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/gp531xk9812

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/gp531xk9812

Language:

ger

Creator:

Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594, Keere, Pieter van den, 1571-approximately 1646, Lubin, Eilhard, 1565-1621, Lavanha, João Baptista, 1555-1624, and Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664

Publisher:

ex officina Ioannis Ianssonii,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

World maps, Nautical charts, and Discovery and exploration

Theme:

Imagery

Date Issued:

1651

Spatial Coverage:

North Pole, Africa, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Palestine, North America, and South America

Rights:

Images from the The Renaissance Exploration Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false