Anglia regnum
Amsterdam: c.1623. Notes: A highly detailed and beautiful map of England.
Latin text on verso.
Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594) was a Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer. He is most renowned for creating the 1569 world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing (rhumb lines) as straight lines. Mercator was a notable maker of globes and scientific instruments. He also had interests in theology, philosophy, history, mathematics, and geomagnetism. He was also an accomplished engraver and calligrapher., Size : 470x354 (mm), 18.50x13.94 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Category: Maps Europe United Kingdom England;. Very Good. Item #M11342
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