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Mercator-Hondius-Janssonius Atlas; or, A geographicke description of the world, Amsterdam, 1636 / With an introduction by R.A. Skelton.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio G1007 .M4 1636a v.1-v.2 v.1 v.2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594.
- Series:
- Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 4th ser. ; v. 2-3.
- Theatrum orbis terrarum. 4th ser. ; v. 2-3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Atlases--Early works to 1800.
- Atlases.
- Early maps--Facsimiles.
- Early maps.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes (xxvii pages, 18 unnumbered pages, 462 pages : maps (part folded). ; 47 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Teatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1968.
- Notes:
- Facsimile reproduction of 1636-38 edition, with facsim. of original t.ps. and with new introductory material. Original t.p. reads: Gerardi Mercatoris et I. Hondii Atlas; or, a geographicke description of the Regions, Countries and Kingdomes of the world through Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, represented by new & exact maps. Translated by Henry Hexham.
- "Select literature": volume 1, pages xxvi-xxvii.
- OCLC:
- 3453353
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