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The Mercator atlas of Europe : facsimile of the maps by Gerardus Mercator contained in the Atlas of Europe, circa 1570-1572 / edited by Marcel Watelet ; with contributions by James R. Akerman [and others].

Author/creator Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
Other author/creatorWatelet, Marcel.
Other author/creatorAkerman, James R.
Format Atlas, Map, and Print
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoPleasant Hill, OR, USA : Walking Tree Press, ©1998.
Description1 atlas (1 portfolio (92 pages, 17 unnumbered folded leaves of plates)) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 41 cm
Subject(s)
Uniform titleAtlas Europae. English
Portion of title Atlas of Europe
Cartographic dataScales differ.
Contents The atlas of Europe, circa 1570-1572 / Marcel Watelet -- Atlas, birth of a title / James R. Akerman -- The map of Europe / Arthur Dürst -- The British Isles / Peter M. Barber -- The 1569 world map / Mireille Pastoureau.
General note"Originally published in French and Dutch by Fonds Mercator, Antwerp, Belgium. Copyright English edition 1998 by Walking Tree Press"--Title page verso.
General noteIssued in slip case.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 89-92).
LanguageFacsimile maps in Latin, commentaries in English.
Genre/formatlases.
Genre/formfacsimiles (reproductions)
Genre/formAtlases.
Genre/formEarly works.
Genre/formFacsimiles.
Genre/formMaps.
Genre/formAtlases.
Genre/formFacsimiles.
Genre/formAtlas.
Genre/formFac-similés.
LCCN 97061695
ISBN0965973573
ISBN9780965973571

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Joyner General Stacks - Oversize G1792 .M413 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold