Digitation source: Hartmann Schedel, Liber chronicarum
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16/05/2007
13/04/2007
Africa ex magnus orbis terre descriptione Gerardi Mercatories desumpta
Africa MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J. [Amsterdam, 1606]
Africa ex magnus orbis terre descriptione Gerardi Mercatories desumpta. Studio & industria G.M. Iunioris. 15 x 18 1/4 inches.
Africa ex magnus orbis terre descriptione Gerardi Mercatories desumpta. Studio & industria G.M. Iunioris. 15 x 18 1/4 inches.
The map is a hallmark of Mercator's craft, magnificently engraved with superb calligraphy and a particularly fine cartouche, which formed a stylistic bridge between the strapwork decoration of the maps of the 16th century and the more ornate work of the 17th century. While superficially resembling the Ortelius map of Africa, Mercator's map is more detailed; it includes more cities and rivers, particularly in South Africa, and Abyssinia is marked with a crowned, enthroned, cross-bearing Prester John.
Web Source: Martayan Lan
11/04/2007
Algerii saracenorum urbis fortissimae…
Map source: Braun and Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, II, 59
Date: first Latin edition of volume II was published in 1575
Engraving: Antonio Salamanca, 1541 or after one of the engravings derived from it
Date: first Latin edition of volume II was published in 1575
Engraving: Antonio Salamanca, 1541 or after one of the engravings derived from it
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