Subject: Southern Spain
Period: 1606 (dated)
Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas sive Cosmographicae…
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19.9 x 14.1 inches
50.5 x 35.8 cm
Handsome map of the region surrounding Seville including, Cadiz, Gibraltar and Spain's popular Costa del Sol. In 1606 Jodocus Hondius acquired the copperplates of Mercator's Atlas, to which he added thirty-seven of his own compositions, and republished this enormously influential atlas. This map strongly reflects Mercator's style with the moiré style engraving to denote the oceans and the large cartouches of interlocking strap design. Latin text on verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #6110:1A.1.
Condition: B+
A nice impression with attractive color, light toning, a few spots of foxing, and a professionally repaired small hole at right.
