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Antique Map of Northern Ireland by Mercator/Hondius, Early 1600's
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Antique map titled 'Ultoniae Orientalis Pars'. Original antique map of Northern Ireland. Published by Mercator/Hondius, ca. 1600.
Superb early map of the eastern part of Ulster, featuring Down and Antrim Counties in Northern Ireland. Mercator's famous moire pattern in the sea is used. Strong topographical features in the interior and ornamented with a title cartouche incorporating the distance scale.
This was one of five Irish maps Gerard Mercator designed for the second part of his Atlas. The other maps are: Carlow, Munster; Connaught and Ulster (general map).
Gerard Mercator (1512-1594) was an accomplished mathematician, cartographer, globe maker and engraver but is best known for the Mercator Projection. Incorporating the newly accepted fact that the world is round, Mercator was able to render longitude lines consistently straight on a chart. Although this requires some distortion, it was of great use for navigators, and is historically important, as it is still the most commonly used projection today. Originally created by Mercator, this plate was later added to by Hondius.
Date of first edition: 1595 (Mercator) - Date of this edition: a Latin edition: 1607 or, 1611 or, 1613 or, 1623, or 1630. Latin text on verso.
Henricus Hondius (1597-1651) was a Dutch engraver and mapmaker, a member of a prominent cartographic family. His father, Jodocus Hondius, was also an engraver and geographer. While working with his father, Henricus was instrumental in the expansion and republishing of Mercator’s atlas, first published in 1595 and republished by Hondius in 1606.
Upon his father’s death in 1612, Henricus and his brother, Jodocus the Younger, took over the business. He set up his own shop in 1621, where he continued to release new editions of the Mercator atlas. Later, he partnered with his brother-in-law, Jan Janssonius, in continuing to expand and publish Mercator’s atlas, which would become known as the Mercator-Hondius-Janssonius atlas. Born and based in Amsterdam, he died there in 1651.
Condition: A nice old hand colored map with no damage or holes in the image and only in the very outside of the white margins a few small creases, two repaired, on verso. The centerfold is visible and supported on the verso with archival tape. A very beautiful map in orginal colors.
- Dimensions:Height: 18.12 in (46 cm)Width: 21.66 in (55 cm)Depth: 0.02 in (0.5 mm)
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- Date of Manufacture:1600
- Condition:General age-related toning. Original folding line. Please study images carefully.
- Seller Location:Langweer, NL
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