Mercator’s Miniature Map of Germany Printed Area Measurement_25.5 x 31 cm German and of course Latin

German and of course Latin

Both worked from Elizabethan and Jacobean surveys by Saxton

was governed by the Spanish between 1509 and 1708

’ covering eastern Europe and the Ottoman world

although most of the European knowledge of the region in the first part of the 18th century was via Jesuit and Capuchin missionaries

Mercator’s Miniature Map of Germany Printed Area Measurement_25.5 x 31 cm German and of course LatinThis map shows the Germanic regions of Europe, including the Low Countries, Poland and Austria, and was engraved by Jodocus Hondius for the Atlas Minor. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 14. 6 x 19. 5 cm, black and white, numbered in an early hand in upper margin, light waterstaining in lower margin, Latin text on verso. References Koeman Me 186.