Asia ex magna Orbis terr[a]e descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta, studio & industria G.M. Iunioris

Antique Maps of China

Asia ex magna Orbis terr[a]e descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta, studio & industria G.M. Iunioris

Gerhard Mercator

MAP G. Mercator Junior, 1628

1 map : hand col. ; 38 x 48 cm

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This important map of the continent of Asia was originally published in Mercator's "Atlas sive Cosmographicae"... in 1595. It also shows parts of northern Australia and northwest America; Japan has a kite-shaped outline taken from Gerhard Mercator's famous 1569 "World Map".

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Collection Antique Maps of China Map makers Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594 Geographic region Asia Additional titles Asia ex magna Orbis terrae descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta, studio & industria G.M. Iunioris Note Scale ca. 3 cm. = 125 Miliaria Germanica communia quorum 15 gradum unum latitudinus constituant Relief shown pictorially Hand colored Originally published in Mercator's Atlas sive Cosmographicae..., 1595 Language Latin Call number G7400 1595 .M47 DOI 10.14711/spcol/b535875

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Asia ex magna Orbis terr[a]e descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta, studio & industria G.M. Iunioris

Gerhard Mercator

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