Mercator-Cloppenburgh Map of Germany Printed Area Measurement_51 x 60 cm

Mercator-Cloppenburgh Map of Germany Printed Area Measurement_51 x 60 cmThis map shows the Germanic regions of Europe, including the Low Countries, Poland and Austria, engraved by Pieter van den Keere. The 'Atlas Minor', was a pocket atlas derived from Mercator's cartography published from 1607 ownwards by Jodocus Hondius (the Dutch publisher who had purchased Mercator's original copper printing plates in 1604 and who issued his first, highly successful edition of the full size atlas in 1606). In the 1630s Jan

this appears to be the first published edition with no revisions or corrections

trivial wear at fold intersections and short split along one fold

black and white with beacons highlighted in yellow

Beck remained directly associated with it until 1960 except for a short period when responsibility for revising and updating the map passed to Hans Schleger

They were printed in very low numbers: in this instance just 100 examples

Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is generally considered the first modern atlas of the world

he drew the originals himself

Cheffins’s Map of the English & Scotch Railways

today’s Sudan and South Sudan were effectively ruled as a Crown Colony

Merbat Bay and Kishin Bay

First published in 1933

Some wear to bindings