Atlas minor

Alternative Title:

Atlas Gerardi Mercatoris

Description:

Gerardi Mercatoris à I. Hondio plurimis æneis tabulis auctus atque illustratus ; Amsterodami: excusum in ædibus Iudoci Hondii, veneunt etiam apud Corneliū Nicolai, item apud Ioannem Ianßoniū Arnhemi. Relief shown pictorially. Latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Indexes: Index tabularum hujus operis sive descriptionum earundem; Index tabula rum Galliæ; Secundum Membrum est Principum Virorum & Nobilium. Imprint appears on final page. Vellum binding. Engraved title page; head and tail-pieces throughout. 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. In addition to title cartouches, maps stamped with titles at top. Map 6 shows North Pole. Map 47 has coat of arms; Map 156 has seals. Map 152 has pictorial representation of Adam and Eve. Some differences between titles within cartouches and titles above maps; descriptive text sometimes contains elaborate titles listing place names included in maps, e.g. Map 21: Angliæ IIII tabula, in qua hi sunt comitatus, Cornubia, Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria, Monumetha, Glamorgan, Caermarden, Penbrock, Cardigan, Radnor, Brecnoke, Herefordia & Vigornia.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/ph334yx8290

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/ph334yx8290

Language:

lat

Creator:

Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594, Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612, and Hondius, Jodocus, 1594 or 1595-1629

Publisher:

excudebat Adrianus Bottius,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

World maps

Date Issued:

1610

Spatial Coverage:

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

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