Mercator's Ptolemaic Map of the Holy Land, Cyprus and Syria, circa 1580

€ 690

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Date: 1580
Sheet size: 39.7 × 50.2 cm (15.6 × 19.8 in)
Condition: Fair
Reference: BG-13510

Condition

General age-related toning. Original folding line. Shows a few tiny defects, also affecting image. Latin text on verso. Please study image carefully.

About this sheet

Antique map titled 'Asiae IIII Tab'. Beautiful map of Mercator's Ptolemaic map of the Holy Land, Cyprus, Syria, etc. Originates from Mercator's 'Geographia'.

Gerard Mercator (1512 - 1594) originally a student of philosophy was one of the most renowned cosmographers and geographers of the 16th century, as well as an accomplished scientific instrument maker. He is most famous for introducing Mercators Projection, a system which allowed navigators to plot the same constant compass bearing on a flat map.