America sive India Nova, ad magnae Gerardi Merca; toris aui Vniverfalis imi; tationem in compendi; um redacta. Per Michaelem Mercatorem Duysburgensem.
Product information: America sive India Nova, ad magnae Gerardi Merca; toris aui Vniverfalis imi; tationem in compendi; um redacta. Per Michaelem Mercatorem Duysburgensem.
Copper engraving, hand colored in outline and wash. French text edition. A highly decorative map of the Americas by the famous Dutch cartographer Gerard Mercator published in his atlas 1619 in Amsterdam. The highly decorative map is based on Rumold Mercator's world map of 1587, it is ornated with three inset maps in the corners and fine engraved floral decorations in between. Title cartouche in the lower right corner with dedication to Michael Mercator in Duisburg.
Properties
| Category: | America |
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| Issue date: | 1595-1619 |
| Published place: | Amsterdam |
| Publisher: | G. Mercator |
| Technique: | Copper engraving / later hand color |
| Type: | Antique Map |