Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio : quam ex magna universali Gerardi Mercatoris domino Richardo Gartho, geographi[a]e ac c[a]eterarum bonarum artium amatori ac fautori summo, in veteris amiciti[a]e ac familiaritatis memoria[m] / Rumoldus Mercator fieri curabat ...

Author
Mercator, Rumold, approximately 1545-1599 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
Latin
Published/​Created
[Geneva] : [Rumold Mercator], Ao. M.D. LXXXVII [1587]
Description
  • (W 180°00ʹ00ʺ--E 180°00ʹ00ʺ/N 90°00ʹ00ʺ--S 90°00ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map : hand col., 2 hemispheres each 26 cm. in diam. ; on sheet 29 x 52 cm.

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Special Collections - Rare Books Historic Map Collection HMC01.6893 D Alcove 13, Drawer 13 Browse related items Reading Room Request
    Special Collections - Rare Books Historic Map Collection HMC01.3480 D Alcove 13, Drawer 13 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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      Notes
      • Relief shown pictorially.
      • French text on verso.
      • From: ... Strabonis rerum geographicarum libri XVII / Isaacus Casaubonus recensuit ... [Genevae] : Excudebat Eustathius Vignon ... , 1587.
      Source acquisition
      Historic Maps copy 2 is gift of Holly and Henry Wendt, Princeton Class of 1955.
      References
      • Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world 157
      • Wendt, H. Envisioning the world 20
      OCLC
      60356912
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