MOROCCO TUNISIA EGYPT AFRICA MAP MERCATOR 1648 #B281

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staff: 5 Very interesting copper engraving map of Gerard Mercator, decorative coloured, Amsterdam by Joh. Janssonius, 1648 ["Atlas Minor."] Map of Morocco - Tunisia - Egypt - North Africa "Barbaria." Cartographer Gerard Mercator (1512-1594)Mercator was a Flemish cartographer. He was born in Rupelmonde in East Flanders in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation to parents from Gangelt in the Duchy of Jülich (modern Germany). Since 1552 he lived in Duisburg. He is remembered for the Mercator. Description This is a decorative, beautiful coloured copper engraving map from Gerard Mercator out of a German edition of the Atlas Minor, published by Joh. Janssonius.This map shows a part of North Africa among other things with Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt as well as the Strait of Magellan, the Mediterranean See, parts of southern Europe and the further adjacent areas. The map is decorated with a nice title cartouche. Size Leaf app.: 18.4 x 22.3 cmMap app.: 14.4 x 18.8 cm Condition - the leaf is in good condition and very decorative- print in good quality, beautiful colouring- the leaf is slightly stained This is an original and no reproduction! If, contrary to expectations, our information is not true, the buyer has of course the right to return the item step by step contra purchase price and cost reimbursement, subject to further legal read more