MERCATOR, Rumold (1545-1599). Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio. Amsterdam, dated 1587, [ca. 1619].
MERCATOR, Rumold (1545-1599). Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio. Amsterdam, dated 1587, [ca. 1619]. Engraved double-hemisphere world map, colored by a contemporary hand, image 286 x 520 mm (440 x 542 mm sheet). Elaborate strapwork borders, armillary sphere, compass rose, galleon and sea monster, French text on verso. (Some very light mostly marginal minor darkening and spotting.) Matted, framed and glazed. RUMOLD MERCATOR'S STRIKING WORLD MAP. Gerard Mercator's great world map of 1569 was condensed into this double-hemisphere map by his son, Rumold. "The engraving is a model of clarity and neatness, with typical cursive flourishes to the lettering of the sea names" (Shirley). The North Pole is illustrated as a landmass surrounding a sea from which four rivers radiate, and there is a well depicted northwest passage. A huge southern continent and the bulge in the south west coast of South America indicate the influence of Gerard Mercator. Shirley 157.
MERCATOR, Rumold (1545-1599). Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio. Amsterdam, dated 1587, [ca. 1619].
MERCATOR, Rumold (1545-1599). Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio. Amsterdam, dated 1587, [ca. 1619]. Engraved double-hemisphere world map, colored by a contemporary hand, image 286 x 520 mm (440 x 542 mm sheet). Elaborate strapwork borders, armillary sphere, compass rose, galleon and sea monster, French text on verso. (Some very light mostly marginal minor darkening and spotting.) Matted, framed and glazed. RUMOLD MERCATOR'S STRIKING WORLD MAP. Gerard Mercator's great world map of 1569 was condensed into this double-hemisphere map by his son, Rumold. "The engraving is a model of clarity and neatness, with typical cursive flourishes to the lettering of the sea names" (Shirley). The North Pole is illustrated as a landmass surrounding a sea from which four rivers radiate, and there is a well depicted northwest passage. A huge southern continent and the bulge in the south west coast of South America indicate the influence of Gerard Mercator. Shirley 157.
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