Klubbat för:

10000 SEK

Estimate

10 000-12 000 SEK

Description

MAP OF AMERICA. MERCATOR, MICHAEL (ca. 1567-1600). America sive India Nova, ad Magnae Gerardi Mercatoris aui Universalis Imitationem in Compendium Redacta. Amsterdam (J. Hondius) ca 1623.

Hand-coloured engraved map (recent colour), c. 375x470 mm. The hemisphere is surrounded by circles in the four corners, of which three contains inset maps of the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, and Hispaniola, the fourth contains the title, fine arabesque decorations to the border. Latin text on verso.
Small repair to upper and lower centrefold, some slight dampstains to upper and lower margin, stamp in the right lower corner.

The only known printed map by Gerard Mercator´s grandson Michael, engraved for the Atlantis pars altera (Duisburg 1595), the third part of Gerard Mercator´s Atlas, published after the elder Mercator´s death in 1594 by his son Rumold. The map is based on Rumold Mercator´s world map of 1587, with the addition of minor supplementary details. "A few of the most famous theories are still present: a large inland lake in Canada, two of the four islands of the North Pole, a bulge to the west coast of South America and the large southern continent. It does not show any knowledge of the English in Virginia, which is possibly a reflection of their failure by then" (Burden 87).

Auktionsnummer:

6165

Date:

2019-12-11