Mercator - Janssonius: World and 4 continents: Europe, Africa, America und Asia.
Complete set from an "Atlas Minor" (pocket size atlas) by Johann Janssonius after Gerhard Mercator, engraved by Abraham Goos.
5 coloured copper, Amsterdam 1628.
Ref.: Koeman Vol. II, Me 194
World map:
DE MUNDO - 3 - "Typus Orbis Terrarum"
Map of the World in two hemispheres, with an armillary sphere and a compass rose between the two hemispheres.
Coloured copper engraving, by J. Janssonius after G. Mercator, from an "Atlas Minor" engraved by Abraham Goos, Amsterdam 1628, 14,7 x 20 cm. At upper right numbered: 3.
Perfect condition.
Ref.: Koeman Vol. II, Me 194; Shirley: Mapping of the World, plate 248, entry 325.
Europe:
EUROPA - 7 - "Europae Nova Tabula"
Map of Europe, with Greenland and Iceland.
Coloured copper engraving, by J. Janssonius after G. Mercator, from an "Atlas Minor" engraved by Abraham Goos, Amsterdam 1628, 14,5 x 20 cm. At upper right numbered: 7.
Perfect condition.
Ref.: Koeman Vol. II, Me 194
Africa:
AFRICA - 11 - "Africae Descriptio"
Map of Africa, with Madagascar and the Arabian Peninsula.
Coloured copper engraving, by J. Janssonius after G. Mercator, from an "Atlas Minor" engraved by Abraham Goos, Amsterdam 1628, 14,5 x 20 cm. At upper right numbered: 11.
Perfect condition.
Ref.: Koeman Vol. II, Me 194
America:
AMERICA - 19 - "Americae Descriptio"
Map of North and South America, and with the Pacific Ocean, North America divided in two parts.
Coloured copper engraving, by J. Janssonius after G. Mercator, from an "Atlas Minor" engraved by Abraham Goos, Amsterdam 1628, 14,5 x 20 cm. At upper right numbered: 19.
Perfect condition.
Ref.: Koeman Vol. II, Me 194; Burden: Mapping of North-America, # 221
Asia:
ASIA - 15 - "Asia"
Map of Asia.
Coloured copper engraving, by J. Janssonius after G. Mercator, from an "Atlas Minor" engraved by Abraham Goos, Amsterdam 1628, 14,5 x 20 cm. At upper right numbered: 15.
Perfect condition.
Ref.: Koeman Vol. II, Me 194
Set with 5 maps: sold