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British Islands Anglesey, Wight, Garnesay, Iarsey Old map Mercator 1630
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British Islands Anglesey, Wight Garnesay Old map Mercator 1630

1943

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Title: Anglesey, Wight Vectis Olim, Iarsay, Garnesay

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British Islands Anglesey, Wight Garnesay Old map Mercator 1630

Title: Anglesey, Wight Vectis Olim, Iarsay, Garnesay

Rare & first editions of Anglesey, the Isle of Wight, and the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey Four maps on one plate of the British Islands.

Cartographer: Mercator, Gerard

Published in Duisburg by Mercator, Gerard's son.
Gerard Mercator was one of the greatest map makers ever known. He started his career as a professional instrument maker after finishing a master’s degree at Louvain University.

Origin: Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura. J. Hondius Jr. 1613-19.
(Van der Krogt 1, 104)

Sheet app.: 52 x 44 cm. 20.5 x 17.25 inches.
Image app.: 43 x 32 cm. 17 x 12.5 inches.
Condition, View overall very good, old coloring, teared edges, spitted centerfold (border) verso Latin text, Handwritten number (25) in upper margin.