Cartographer:
MERCATOR,Gerard/HONDIUS, Jodocus
Title:
NATOLIA quae olim ASIA MINOR.
Stock Code:
2737
Method:
Copper engraving
Publisher:
Johannes Janssonius
Atlas:
Appendix Atlantis
Edition:
German
Size: (W x H):
50cm x 38.5cm
19½ inches x 15 inches
Date:
1636
Price:
£500
Clear and attractive map of Turkey, including Cyprus and the eastern Aegean islands. Title on ribbon at top, flanked by turbanned angels. Fighting ships at sea, sea monsters, scale at lower right The signature ‘bb’ on rear of map suggests this map is from the Appendix Atlantis, to the Newer Atlas of 1636. Ref:Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandica, Vol 1, p187. 8110:1B
Fine condition, good margins.