17th Century Hand-Colored Map of Valencia and Murcia, Spain by Mercator/Hondius

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17th Century Hand-Colored Map of Valencia and Murcia, Spain by Mercator/Hondius

Name: 17th Century Hand-Colored Map of Valencia and Murcia, Spain by Mercator/Hondius
Brand: Gerard Mercator
Rating: 5 (4 reviews)

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A 17th century hand-colored map entitled "Regni Valentiae Typus, Valentia and Murcia" by Gerard Mercator and Joducus Hondius, published in Amsterdam in 1635 in 'Cosmographicall Description of the Fabricke & Figure of the World with new Mappes and Tables; By the studious industry of Iodocus Hondy', the first English edition of their 'Atlas Minor'. It is focused on Eastern Spain. It includes the cities of Valencia and Murcia the Mediterranean coast of eastern Spain. The map is oriented with the east to the lower part of the map. It is embellished with a sea monster and a sailing ship in the Mediterranean and two strapwork cartouches. The map is beautifully hand colored with wide margins. It is presented in an archival cream colored mat measuring 16" wide x 12" high and the map sheet measures 11.25" wide x 7" high. There is English text on the verso. The map is in excellent condition. Gerard Mercator (1512-1594) is one of the most famous cartographers of all time. He was born in Flanders and moved to Duisburg from Leuven in the Netherlands, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life. In addition to producing important maps and globes, he invented a projection on maps that presented all parallels and meridians at right angles to each other, with the distance between the parallels extending towards the poles, allowing accurate latitude and longitude calculation and navigational routes to be drawn using straight lines. This was an important technological advance for navigation at sea, as this allowed seafarers to plot their course without having to adjust their course based on frequent compass readings. This has become know as Mercator projection on maps produced by subsequent cartographers to this day. He is also the first to use the term “atlas”, which was first used to describe his collection of maps gathered in one volume. The Mercator atlas was published in 1595, a year after Mercator’s death by his heirs. Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612) was a prominent globe maker and map engraver from Ghent (Flanders). After spending some time in London, he established his business in Amsterdam in 1593. Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator in 1604 and added around 40 of his own maps in an atlas that he first published in 1606, preserving Mercator's name. After his death in 1612 in Amsterdam, the business was continued by his sons Jodocus II and Henricus, who published the English edition of the Mercator and Hondius Atlas Minor in 1635 that contained this map.

Creator:
Gerard Mercator (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)Depth: 0.13 in (3.31 mm)
Materials and Techniques:
Paper,Engraved
Place of Origin:
Netherlands
Period:
Mid-17th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1635
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Alamo, CA
Reference Number:
Seller: # 13011stDibs: LU5206221031742

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