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These two maps, portraying portions of Cornwall and Wales, were originally prepared by Gerard Mercator, one of the greatest of early Dutch map makers. These two atlas sheets were published in either the 1628 or 1633 French edition of Mercator and Jodocus Hondius’s Atlas. Originally published in 1595, this book of maps was the first such publication to use the term “atlas” to describe a collection of published maps. The use of this term is often associated with the Greek Titan, Atlas, who was condemned by Zeus to carry the heavens and earth on his shoulders for all time.
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6t053s71s
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West Morlandia, Lancastria, Cestria, Caernaruan, Denbigh, Flint, Meridionidh, Montgomery, Salpia, cum insulis Mania et Anglesey
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map
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1
Source metadata
id
6t053s71s
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
West Morlandia, Lancastria, Cestria, Caernaruan, Denbigh, Flint, Meridionidh, Montgomery, Salpia, cum insulis Mania et Anglesey
description
These two maps, portraying portions of Cornwall and Wales, were originally prepared by Gerard Mercator, one of the greatest of early Dutch map makers. These two atlas sheets were published in either the 1628 or 1633 French edition of Mercator and Jodocus Hondius’s Atlas. Originally published in 1595, this book of maps was the first such publication to use the term “atlas” to describe a collection of published maps. The use of this term is often associated with the Greek Titan, Atlas, who was condemned by Zeus to carry the heavens and earth on his shoulders for all time.
date
["[1633]"]
year
1633
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
05_04_000033
creators
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
England, North West--Maps--Early works to 1800
Wales--Maps--Early works to 1800
Great Britain--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
England
Europe
Wales
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
England
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Amsterdam
publisher
J. Hondius
Source extras
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sf268508b
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41688024w
schema:latitude
53
schema:longitude
-2
extent
1 map : col. ; 56 x 47 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Appears in Mercator's Gerardi Mercatoris et I. Hondii Atlas. 1633.
Exhibited in “Faces and Places,” at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004. MB (BRL)
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6t053s71s
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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2e37807a3e28911e