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Source 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.
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Document identity
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x633f967j
label
West Morlandia, Lancastria, Cestria, Caernarvan, Denbigh, Flint, Meridionidh, Montgomery, Salpia, cum Insulis Mania et Anglesey ; Cornubia, Davonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria, Monumetha, Glamorgan, Caermarden, Pembroke, Cardigan, Radnor
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map
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1
Source metadata
id
x633f967j
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
West Morlandia, Lancastria, Cestria, Caernarvan, Denbigh, Flint, Meridionidh, Montgomery, Salpia, cum Insulis Mania et Anglesey ; Cornubia, Davonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria, Monumetha, Glamorgan, Caermarden, Pembroke, Cardigan, Radnor
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_001000
creators
Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Wales--Maps
West Midlands (England)--Maps
England, North West--Maps
West Country (England)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
England
Europe
Wales
West Midlands (county)
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Wales
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Amsterdam
publisher
J. Hondius
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
52.5
schema:longitude
-3.5
extent
2 maps on 2 sheets : hand color ; 47 x 56 cm
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Appears in Mercator's Gerardi Mercatoris et I. Hondii Atlas. 1633.
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no
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x633f967j
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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2289bef559f9b477