America sive India Nova

by G./ Mercator Mercator, M.

$5,750 · Offered by Martayan Lan

One of the most visually distinctive, early maps of the Western Hemisphere. Its cartography was the work of Gerard Mercator, "the greatest name in geographical science after Ptolemy" (Tooley), but the map’s design and execution were the work of the elder’s grandson, Michael, shortly after Gerard’s death in 1594. The..... More

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