Subject: Persia - Iran
Period: 1635 (circa)
Publication: Historia Mundi or Mercators Atlas...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.4 x 5.6 inches
18.8 x 14.2 cm
Reduced from Hondius' folio map of the Persian Empire, this small map shows the region from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf. The map is filled with place names and pictorial topography and is adorned with strapwork cartouches for the title and scale of miles. From the English edition of Mercator's Atlas Minor, which was published under the title Historia Mundi or Mercators Atlas by Michael Spark and Samuel Cartwright. English text on verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #8200:351.
Condition: A
A crisp impression with light toning along the edges of the sheet and marginal soiling.
