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[Amsterodami : excusum in aedibus Iodoci Hondii, veneunt etiam apud Corneliu[m] Nicolai, item apud Ioannem Ianssonium Arnhemi, 1609]
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Description:
Relief shown pictorially. "The second world map in the Mercator-Hondius Atlas Minor is planispherical in form and shows by means of symbols the areas where the Christian, Moslem and idolatrous religions are most prevalent. The map is of interest as one of the first examples of thematic illustration ... "--R.W. Shirley, The mapping of the world. Text in German on verso with caption title: Von der Reyss dess heyligen Apostels Pauli. From: Atlas minor, das ist, ein kurtze, jedoch gründtliche Beschreibung der gantzen Welt und aller ihrer Theyl / erstlich von Gerardo Mercatore in Latein beschrieben : folgends durch Iodocum Hondium mit vielen Kupffern gebessert und vermehrt : und endtlich in unsere hoch Teutsche Sprach versetzt. Amsterodami : excusum in aedibus Iodoci Hondii, veneunt etiam apud Corneliu[m] Nicolai, item apud Ioannem Ianssonium Arnhemi, [1609].
Subject(s):
World maps—Early works to 1800, Thematic maps—1609, and World maps—1609
Call number:
HMC01.6753
Held by:
Princeton: Historic Map Division, Special Collections, Firestone Library
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