Subject: Western Hemisphere
Period: 1609 (published)
Publication: Atlas Minor
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.7 x 5.7 inches
19.6 x 14.5 cm
A reduced version of the America map Hondius engraved for Gerard Mercator's folio atlas. It is a combination of various cartographic sources. North America is greatly elongated with a Plancius type depiction of Newfoundland and a protruding Virginia coast. South America is shown with a more or less correct western coastline, and there is a large southern continent at the south pole. German text on verso. Decorated with sea monsters, sailing ships, and a strapwork title cartouche. Ref: Burden #153. Trimmed to neatline at top and right (with paper added to right and bottom margin). Very faint damp stain.
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Condition: B
