AGSL GeoDiscovery

Gerardi Mercatoris atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura

Alternative Title:

Iam tandem ad finem perductus, quamplurimis aeneis tabulis Hispaniae, Africae, Asiae et Americae auctus ac illustratus a Iudoco Hondio. Quibus etiam additae (praeter Mercatoris) dilucidae et accuratae omnium tabularum descriptiones nouae, studio et opera Pet. Montani, Gerardi Mercatoris atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mvndi et fabricati figvra, and Mercatoris Atlas 1609

Description:

Hondius acquired Marcator's plates in 1604, added to them and re-issued the atlas in 1606, followed by many subsequent editions, including in different languages, until 1666. This is the first French edition; text translated from the Latin edition of 1607. Includes one new map: (96) Rügen.

Relief shown pictorially.

Latitudinal and longitudinal lines along margins.

Title translation: Atlas, or, cosmogaphic meditations on the fabric of the world and the figures of the fabric.

Vellum binding.

First 4 and last 4 pages blank (included in page description).

Engraved title page and head and tail-pieces throughout.

Indexes: Indice des tables de cest oeuvre, ou des descriptions d'icelles; Index sur la table generale d'Angleterre, d'Escosse & d'Irlande; Index en la table de Norvvege et Svece; Index en la table Vniverselle de la Gaule; Index des lieux de la table generale de la Germanie Inferieure; Index des lieux de la table generale de Germanie; Index des lieux de la table generale d'Italie; Indice.; Indice des tables d'Italie et de Grece.

Section titles: Galliae tabule geographicae per Gerardum Mercatorem illustrissimi Ducis Iulie Cliuie Montis et cosmographum ...; Belgii in Ferioris geographicae tabule ...; Germaniae tabule geographicae ...; Italiae, Sclavoniae, et Graeciae tabule geographice ...

Introductory text.

Descriptive texts on versos of maps.

Decorative cartouches, compass roses, rhumb lines.

Maps show topography, vegetation, waterways, ports.

Multiple maps on certain plates (e.g. Maps 25, 26, 27 and 28 together).

Map 1 shows world, including: Terra Australis; Circulus Antarcticus; Polus Arcticus; Polus Antarcticus.

Map 7 (round) shows the North Pole.

Atlas title and map titles in Latin; text in French.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/nb113sp4551

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/nb113sp4551

Language:

lat

Creator:

Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594, Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612, Mercator, Rumold, approximately 1545-1599, Mercator, Gerard, approximately 1565-1656, Mercator, Michael, -1600, Llwyd, Humphrey, 1527-1568, Keere, Pieter van den, 1571-approximately 1646, Fayen, Antoine Jean du, approximately 1530-approximately 1616, Doetichum, Baptista van, -1611, Mercator, Johannes, approximately 1562-1595, and Lubin, Eilhard, 1565-1621

Publisher:

Sumptibus et typis aeneis Iudoci Hondij,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

World maps, Portraits, Pictorial works, and Discovery and exploration

Date Issued:

1609

Spatial Coverage:

Europe, Africa, Asia, and 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