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Title: Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio quam ex magna universali Gerardi Mercatoris domino Richardo Gartho, geographi[a]e ac c[a]eterarum bonarum artium amatori ac fautori summo, in veteris amiciti[a]e ac familiaritatis memoria[m]

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Dates

  • Coverage: 1587

Publishers

  • [Geneva : Rumold Mercator], Ao. M.D.LXXXVII [1587]

Summary

Relief shown pictorially. French text on verso. From: ... Strabonis rerum geographicarum libri XVII / Isaacus Casaubonus recensuit ... [Genevae] : Excudebat Eustathius Vignon ... , 1587.

Subjects

  • World maps—Early works to 1800
  • Early maps
  • World maps—1587
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-180.0, 180.0, 90.0, -90.0)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-180.0, 180.0, 90.0, -90.0)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Mercator, Rumold, approximately 1545-1599. Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio quam ex magna universali Gerardi Mercatoris domino Richardo Gartho, geographi[a]e ac c[a]eterarum bonarum artium amatori ac fautori summo, in veteris amiciti[a]e ac familiaritatis memoria[m]. [Geneva : Rumold Mercator], Ao. M.D.LXXXVII [1587]. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-rf55z913x

Languages

  • lat