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Mercator/Hondius: Antique Map of New Spain/Mexico, 1630
Mercator/Hondius: Antique Map of New Spain/Mexico, 1630
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  • Title/Content of Map: 'Hispaniae Novae. Nova descriptio [New Spain, newly described]' A map of the western coast of "New Spain" (present-day Mexico)m
  • Date Printed: c1630
  • Image Size: Approx 15.0 x 21.0cm, 6 x 8.25 inches (Medium)
  • Type: Antique hand coloured seventeenth century copperplate map. Old colour
  • Condition: Fair: Strong, dark impression. Damp stain in top left and top right margins not extending to the border of the map. Old colour. Minor blemishes.
  • Verso: There is text printed on the reverse side in Latin
  • Artist/Cartographer/Engraver: Gerardus Mercator & Jodocus Hondius
  • Provenance: "Atlas Minor" by Gerardus Mercator & Jodocus Hondius

    Gerard Mercator (1512-1594) was a cartographer renowned for creating a world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing as straight lines - an innovation that simplified navigation.

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  • Condition
    Fair: Strong, dark impression. Damp stain in top left and top right margins not extending to the border of the map. Old colour. Minor blemishes.
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    Mercator/Hondius: Antique Map of New Spain/Mexico, 1630

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