Roux’s Chart of Ios Engraver(s)_John & Charles Walker Mercator coined the term 'atlas'

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Van den Broecke stresses the significance of this map of Gaul: “in contrast to plate Ort 194 [Gallia vetus

It might be possible to read into Natesan’s emphasis on printing an up-to-date authorised edition a certain annoyance that another publisher had pipped him to the post with (what he considered to be) an inferior collection

Roux’s Chart of Ios Engraver(s)_John & Charles Walker Mercator coined the term 'atlas'This chart of Ios in the Cyclades is from the practical pocket sea atlas by Marseilles hydrographer Joseph Roux, charting the ports and harbours of the Mediterranean. The atlas remained popular half a century after its first appearance in 1764. This edition, expanded to 163 charts, was published by a French bookseller in Napoleons short lived client state, the Ligurian Republic. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 14 x 20 cm, black and white as