Orbis Terr Compendiosa Descriptio

Edité par Duisburg, 1587

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Engraving with original hand-color. For nearly sixty years, during the most important and exciting period in the history of modern map making, Gerard Mercator was the supreme cartographer, his name, second only to Ptolemy, synonymous with forms of map projection still in use today. Although not the inventor of this type of projection, he was the first to apply it to navigational charts in such a form that compass bearing could be plotted on charts in straight lines, thereby providing seamen with a solution to an age-old problem of navigation at sea. Mercator's monumental world map of 1569, which survives today in only three copies, was his major statement propounding the use of such a projection, and demonstrating how it might be drafted. The influence of his revolutionary ideas as illustrated by that map transformed land surveying, and his research and calculations led him to break away from Ptolemy's conception of the size and outline of the continents. This drastically reduced the longitudinal length of Europe and Asia and altered the shape of the Old World as visualized in the early sixteenth century. Unlike the work of Abraham Ortelius, a contemporary (and equally celebrated) cartographer, Mercator's maps are original. Ortelius did what most of the atlas-makers of our time engaged in: the reduction and generalization of already existing maps. Gerard Mercator, with his sense that scientific work should be original and new, checked the current knowledge of the earth's topography agaist its fundamental sources and drew maps in an original manner. This splendid map represents a re-working of Mercator's great world map of 1569 by his son and successor Rumold, who transformed it into double-hemispherical form in 1587 and incorporated it into editions of Mercator's long-lived and inlfuential Atlas from 1595 onwards. It had first appeared in Isaac Casaubon's edition of Strabo's Geographia in 1587. The engraving is a model of clarity and neatness, with typical cursive flourishes to the lettering of the sea names. Surrounding the hemispheres is a strapwork border, while between them at the top margin is an armillary sphere and at the bottom an elaborate compass rose. Gerard Mercator's prominent south-west bulge to the coastline of South America is retained. This superb map represents a seminal moment in the history of cartography, for it was primarily this map that diffused knowledge of Mercator's Projection throughout the world. Sheet size: 22 x 24 1/4". Frame size: 33 x 36". Inventory#: p1921pfat. 0.…

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Détails bibliographiques

Titre
Orbis Terr Compendiosa Descriptio
Auteur
Gerard and Rumold Mercator
Éditeur
Duisburg
Année de publication
1587
État de l'article
Very Good
Jaquette
N/A
Reliure
N/A

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Arader Galleries has specialized in the field of color plate books and early works on paper for over thirty years. The size and quality of our inventory is second to no other dealer. We are committed to building the finest art and book collections for our clients. We welcome the opportunity to work with you. Lori Cohen, Gallery Director, has worked in the international fine art market for 22 years. She advises museums and libraries on acquisitions as well as distinguished private and corporate collections throughout the United States and Europe.…

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