Research Catalog

Title

Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio : quam ex magna universali Gerardi Mercatoris Domino Richardo Gartho, geographie ac ceterarum bonarum artium amatori ac fautori summo, in veteris amicitie ac familiaritatis memoriam Rumoldus Mercator fieri curabat A⁰. M.D. LXXXVII.

Author

Mercator, Rumold, approximately 1545-1599.

Publication

[Amsterdam? : s.n., 1636?]

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Details

Additional Authors

John H. Levine Bequest.

Description

1 map : hand col.; 2 hemispheres, each 26 cm. in diam., on sheet 39 x 52 cm.

Series Statement

[Heading West ; 7]

Subjects

• Eastern Hemisphere > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Western Hemisphere > Maps > Early works to 1800
• World maps > Early works to 1800

Note

• Relief shown pictorially.
• Includes text in lower margin.

Indexed In (note)

• Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici
• Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world

Language (note)

• Map in Latin; text in English.

Call Number

Map Div. 97-7397

OCLC

53302244

Author

Mercator, Rumold, approximately 1545-1599.

Title

Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio : quam ex magna universali Gerardi Mercatoris Domino Richardo Gartho, geographie ac ceterarum bonarum artium amatori ac fautori summo, in veteris amicitie ac familiaritatis memoriam Rumoldus Mercator fieri curabat A⁰. M.D. LXXXVII.

Imprint

[Amsterdam? : s.n., 1636?]

Cartographic Data

Scale [ca 1:100,000,000] (W 180⁰--E 180⁰/N 90⁰--S 90⁰).

Series

[Heading West ; 7]

Indexed In:

Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, II, p. 291

Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 157

Language

Map in Latin; text in English.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Added Author

John H. Levine Bequest.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 97-7397 [Levine; in plexiglass]