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Map [Composite atlas of maps by Gerard Mercator] Title from Phillips: Atlas sive Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mvndi et fabricati figvra

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Title

  • [Composite atlas of maps by Gerard Mercator]

Other Title

  • Title from Phillips: Atlas sive Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mvndi et fabricati figvra

Names

  • Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594, cartographer

Created / Published

  • [Düsseldorf, Germany] : [Gerard Mercator], [1595?]

Genre

  • World atlases
  • Composite atlases
  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Composite atlas containing 58 of the 107 maps published in the 1595 Atlas sive Cosmographicae. Some of the maps may be from the parts published in 1585 and 1589 rather than from the complete atlas issued in 1595.
  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Title provided by cataloger.
  • -  Lacks all title pages and indexes, except for "Index locorvm tabvlae generalis Belgii Inferioris" bound between maps 27 and 28.
  • -  List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 5919

Medium

  • 1 atlas (119 leaves) : illustrations (some hand colored), hand colored maps ; 42 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G1007 .A7 1595b

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020587765

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Mercator, Gerhard, Cartographer. Composite atlas of maps by Gerard Mercator. [Düsseldorf, Germany: Gerard Mercator, ?, 1595] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020587765/.

APA citation style:

Mercator, G. (1595) Composite atlas of maps by Gerard Mercator. [Düsseldorf, Germany: Gerard Mercator, ?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020587765/.

MLA citation style:

Mercator, Gerhard, Cartographer. Composite atlas of maps by Gerard Mercator. [Düsseldorf, Germany: Gerard Mercator, ?, 1595] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020587765/>.