Angleterre
Cornubia, Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ...
Amsterdam: Johannes Cloppenburgh, c.1630. Notes: French text on verso.
Detailed map of the English counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire.
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 : 188x257 (mm), 7.40x10.12 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Category: Maps Europe United Kingdom England;. Very Good. Item #M11343
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