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 hand-colored double-hemisphere world map, image 286 x 520 mm (385 x 567 mm sheet). Elaborate strapwork borders, armillary sphere, compass rose, galleon and sea monster, Latin text on verso. (A few tears repaired on verso, central fold strengthened on verso.) 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 hand-colored double-hemisphere world map, image 286 x 520 mm (385 x 567 mm sheet). Elaborate strapwork borders, armillary sphere, compass rose, galleon and sea monster, Latin text on verso. (A few tears repaired on verso, central fold strengthened on verso.) 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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