Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
Title:
Atlas, or, A geographicke description of the regions, countries and kingdomes of the world, through Europe, Asia, Africa, & America, represented by new and exact maps / translated by Henry Hexham, quarter-maister to the regiment of Colonell Goring.
Alternate Title(s):
At head of title volume 1 : Gerardi Mercatoris et I. Hondii
Edition:
Editio ultima.
Published / Created:
Printed at Amsterdam : By Henry Hondius and Iohn Iohnson, anno 1636[-1638]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations, maps (some folded), portraits ; 49 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scales differ.
Notes:
BEIN 1975 Folio 20: Imperfect: in v.1. map "The universel world" (sig. L²) and leaf Hh2 wanting; in v.2, map "Virginia" (sig. 9.Q2) wanting; imprint in v.2 is not covered and reads: Sumptibus & typis aeneis Henrici Hondij, Amsterodami, 1638.
Subject Terms:
Geography -- Early works to 1800. | Rodriguez, José M. -- Bookplate. | Sebright, John Saunders, Sir, 1767-1846 -- Bookplate. | Fisher, Otto Orren -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Atlases. | World atlases.
Contributors:
Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612, printer. | Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664, printer. | Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650? translator.