Hispaniae Novae Nova Descriptio

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Copper Engraving, uncolored by Mercator, Gerard, published 1632 by I.E. Cloppenburgh, Amsterdam. Image size: 190 by 257mm (7 by 10 inches). By Gerard Mercator — the most celebrated name in the entire history of cartography. Gerard Mercator (1512–1594) was the most influential cartographer in the history of Western mapping. His 1569 world map introducing the Mercator projection — in which rhumb lines appear as straight lines — revolutionized navigation and remains the basis of most world maps today. His posthumously completed Atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes (1595) introduced the word 'atlas' to describe a bound collection of maps. Mercator's maps of individual regions, including his celebrated depictions of the Americas and New Spain, were engraved to the highest standard of the 16th century and were republished throughout the 17th century in the renowned Amsterdam atlas tradition. Maps bearing Mercator's name are among the most historically significant antique maps that can be acquired, representing the very foundation of modern cartography. The map shows the south west part of Mexico. This is the first so-called Cloppenburgh editions which was a competive edition with new engraved maps in a larger format. Most of the maps were engraved by Pieter van den Keere. The Cloppenburgh edition was continued for a couple of years but seems to have been suppressed after 1636.... This is another Cloppenburgh edition, now with Latin text. The maps from the Appendix have been incorporated. The title-page is followed by a dedication to Prince Frederik Hendrik, dated 1632 and signed by Johannes Cloppenburgh. (Koeman Atlantes Neerlandici). Netherlands.

Mercator, Gerard – Hispaniae Novae Nova Descriptio · Antique Map, Copper Engraving · 190 x 257mm · I.E. Cloppenburgh, Amsterdam 1632

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