The World and Continents: G. Mercator / J. Hondius 1619

Title: Mercator and Hondius World and Continents  Author:  Gerard Mercator / Jodocus Hondius  Date: 1619 Medium: Hand colored copperplate engraving Condition: Noted at bottom of description Inches: 23 x 18 1/2 [Paper] sheets vary slightly] Centimeters: 58.42 x 46.99 [Paper] sheets vary slightly] Product ID: 308080 Handsome Matching Set of Mercator/Hondius World & Continents ORBIS TERRAE COMPENDIOSA DESCRIPTIO quam ex Magna Universali Gerardi Mercatoris Domino Richardo Gartho..., dated 1587 (20.7 x 11.3"). An elaborate strapwork border surrounds this beautiful double-hemisphere map, and an armillary sphere and 32-point compass rose are tucked between the hemispheres. Rumold Mercator based this map on his father's great world map of 1569. The North Pole is depicted as a landmass surrounding a sea from which four rivers radiate and there is a well depicted Northwest Passage. The huge Terra Australis is shown as a part of Tierra del Fuego, and the lands of Lucach, Maletu