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Historia mundi: or Mercator's atlas : containing his cosmographicall description of the fabricke and figure of the world ; lately rectified in divers places, as also beautified and enlarged with new mappes and tables   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612
Saltonstall, Wye, fl. 1630-1640
Cotes, Thomas, d. 1641
Sparke, Michael, d. 1645
Cartwright, Samuel, d. 1650
Title
Historia mundi: or Mercator's atlas : containing his cosmographicall description of the fabricke and figure of the world ; lately rectified in divers places, as also beautified and enlarged with new mappes and tables
Publisher
London : Printed by T. Cotes, for Michael Sparke and Samuel Cartwright
Description
Folded plate of New England signed "Simon Passeus sculpsit" and with imprint "London printed by Iames Reeue
Errata at end on p. [32]
Imprimatur at foot of leaf [sup]24O2v: Decemb. 19. 1633. ... Imprimatur; ita tamen ut si non intra biennium typis mandetur, h©Œc licentia sit omnino irrita. Guilielmus Haywood Archiep. Cant. Capellanus Domest
The verses on verso of first leaf occur in two settings, one with two states: signed (1) "F[rancis]. Q[uarles].", or (2a) "M[ichael]. S[parke]." or (2b) unsigned
Page 905 bears a map of New Spain, a duplicate of that on p. 907. A map of Virginia, printed after the book was issued, is intended to be pasted over it
A variant of the edition with Cartwright's name in the letterpress title page imprint
Includes index
ESTC, S107305
STC (2nd ed.), 17824.5
Boston Public Library copy previously under call number: Atlas 1010.4.1635
Boston Public Library copy imperfect: Lacking folded map of New England after p. 930

Subjects: Atlases, Dutch; Political geography
Language English
Publication date 1635
publication_date QS:P577,+1635-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Current location
IA Collections: normanbleventhalmapcenter; bostonpubliclibrary; americana
Accession number
historiamundiorm00merc
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check-in: No page 402-408. Irregular pagination.
Authority file  OCLC: 1046051379
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Internet Archive identifier: historiamundiorm00merc
https://archive.org/download/historiamundiorm00merc/historiamundiorm00merc.pdf
  • IA contributor: Boston Public Library

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