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Maps of Atlas sive Cosmographicae

This page was created to help categorization of the map designs that appear in (and out of) the Atlas sive Cosmographicae.

1595 & 1596: Mercator original edit

107 map sheets (every double-page containing at least one map counts as a map sheet: Scotland, Lorraine, Bourgogne and Westphalia are two sheets each; Corsica+Sardinia or Russia+Moscovia are one sheet each), in the order of the Atlas:

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    Orbis Terrae (RM 1587)
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    Europa (Rumold 1595)
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    Africa (Rumold 1595)
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    Asia (GM Junior 1595)
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    America (Michael 1595)
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    Sept. Terrarum
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    Islandia
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    Anglia, Sco., & Hib.
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    Scotia Regnum (1)
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    Scotia (2)
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    Scotia (3)
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    Irlandia Regnum (1)
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    Irlandia (2)
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    Irlandia (3)
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    Ultoniae
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    Udrone
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    Anglia Regnum
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    Northumbria, etc.
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    Westmorlandia, etc.
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    Cornubia, etc.
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    Eboracum, etc.
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    Warwicum, etc.
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    Anglesey, etc.
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    Svecia & Norvegia
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    Daniae Regnum
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    Iutia Sept.
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    Holsatia
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    Fionia
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    Prussia
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    Livonia
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    Russia
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    Lithuania
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    Transylvania
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    Taurica
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    Gallia
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    Britannia, etc.
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    Aquitania aus.
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    Picardie, etc.
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    Bolonia, etc.
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    Aniou
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    Berry duc.
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    Poictou
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    Lotharingia (1)
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    Lotharingia (2)
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    Burgundia Duc.
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    Burgundia Com.
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    Helvetia
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    Zurichgow
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    Wiflisburgergow
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    Argow
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    Belgii inf.
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    Flandria
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    Brabantia
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    Hollandt
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    Zelandia
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    Geldria
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    Artesia
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    Hannonia
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    Trier
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    Germania
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    Frisia
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    Emden, etc.
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    Westfalia (1)
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    Westfalia (2)
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    Berghe, etc.
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    Waldeck
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    Palatinatus R.
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    Wirtenberg
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    Alsatia inf.
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    Alsatia sup.
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    Saxonia inf.
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    Braunswyck
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    Hassia
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    Thuringia
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    Franckenlandt
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    Bavaria
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    Palatinatus B.
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    Saxoniae sup.
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    Marca Brandenb.
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    Bohemia
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    Moravia
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    Austria
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    Saltzburg
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    Polonia
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    Hungaria
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    Italia
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    Lombardiae
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    Tarvisina
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    Pedemontana
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    Romandiola
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    Brescia
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    Veronae
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    Forum Iulium
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    Tuscia
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    Marchia Anc.
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    Latium
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    Abruzzo
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    Puglia Piana
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    Corsica, etc.
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    Siciliae
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    Stiria
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    Sclavonia
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    Walachia
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    Graecia
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    Macedonia
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    Morea, etc.
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    Candia , etc.

Note that the original Mercator Atlas had no further maps on Spain, or detailed maps of Africa, Asia and the Americas.

1602-1630: Mercator-Hondius edit

1607 edition: edit

Included all map sheets of the original Mercator - except Rumold-Africa, Gerhard-Junior-Asia and Michael-Americas. Jodocus Hondius then added 39 new maps (only those are detailed below): several by other map-makers (categorized under their original names), but most by him, although lifting the basic map designs mostly from Abraham Ortelius' maps (these latter ones are categorized as "Mercator-Hondius"). In order:

later editions: edit

  • Additions to Non-European regions in later editions:

Atlas Minor (the "Pocket Atlas") edit

All map designs were heavily generalized, but are recognizable as the Mercator-Hondius maps:

  • Maps of Europe, Africa and Asia by Jodocus Hondius
  • Gerhard Mercator's map designs: Arctic, Iceland, British Isles, 5 Irish maps, 3 Scottish maps, 7 English maps, Scandinavia, 4 Danish maps, Livonia, Prussia, [Moscovia (the inset map of G.M.'s Russia)], Russia (w/o inset), Lithuania, Transylvania, Taurica.
  • Jodocus Hondius designs: 7 Spanish maps, with one extra "Gipuzkoa Coregentia".

1633-1660s: Mercator-Hondius-Jansonius edit



Gerardus Mercator: Atlas sive cosmographicae       
Author
Gerardus Mercator  (1512–1594)        
 
 
Alternative names
Gerardo Mercatore; Gerard De Kremer; Gerard de Cremere; Gerhard Mercator; Gérard Mercator
Description mathematician, geographer and cartographer
Date of birth/death 5 March 1512   2 December 1594  
Location of birth/death Rupelmonde Duisburg
Work period from 1535 until 1592
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1535-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1592-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
Leuven, Duisburg
Authority file
author QS:P50,Q6353
 
Title
Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura
Object type atlas  
Page overview

1 – 5 – 8

9 Vita Celeberrimi Clarissimiq́; Viri Gerardi Mercatoris Rupelmundani – 10 – 15 – 20 – 25 – 28

29 ATLANTIS Pars altera GEOGRAPHIA NOVA Toius Mundi — 32 Orbis terræ: map – 34 Europa: map – 36 Africa: map – 38 Asia: map – 40 America: map – 42 Polus Articus: map – 44 Islandia: map – 46 Brittanicæ insula, Anglia, Scotia & Hibernia: map – 48 Scotia: map1, map2, map3 – 54 Hibernia: map1, map2, map3, map4, map5 – 64 Anglia: map1, map2, map3, map4, map5, map6, map7 – 79 Norwegia & Suecia: map – 81 index in Angliæ, Scotiæ & Hiberniæ tabulam – 83 index in Norwegiæ & Sueciæ tabulam – 85 Daniæ regni: map1, map2, map3, map4 – 95 Borussia: map – 97 Livonia: map – 99 Russia: map – 101 Lithuania: map – 103 Transsylvania: map – 105 Taurica: map

107 Gallia – 113 Gallia: map – 115 Britannia, Normandia, …: map – 117 Aquitania, Arelatense: map – 119 Francia, Picardia, …: map – 121 Boulongne: map – 122 Anjou: map – 124 Berry: map – 126 Poictov: map – 128 Lotharingia: map1, map2 – 132 Burgundia: map1, map2 – 136 Helvetia: map – 138 Zurichgow: map – 140 Wiflispurgergow: map – 142 Argow: map – 144 index

146 Belgii inferioris – 150 Belgii inferioris: map – 152 Flandria: map – 154 Brabantia, Gulice et Cleve: map – 156 Hollandia: map – 158 Zeelandt: map – 160 Geldria: map – 162 Artesia: map – 164 Hannonia: map – 166 Lutzenburg: map – 166 Lutzenburg: map – 168 index

170 Germania – 174 Germaniæ Universalis: map – 176 Frisia Occidentalis: map – 178 Embden & Oldenborch: map – 180 Westfalia: map1, map2, map3 – 186 Waldeck: map – 188 Palatinatus Rheni: map – 190 Wirtenberg: map – 192 Alsatia inferior: map – 194 Als. superior: map – 196 Saxonia inferior: map – 198 Brunswyck: map – 200 Hassia: map – 202 Thuringia: map – 204 Franconia: map – 206 Bavaria: map – 208 Palatinatus superior: map – 210 Saxonia superior: map – 212 Brandenburg: map – 214 Bohemia: map – 216 Moravia: map – 218 Austria: map – 220 Salzburg: map – 222 Polonia: map – 224 Hungaria: map – 226 index

230 Italiae, Sclavoniæ, et Græciæ: 232 Italia: map – 234 Lombardia: map1, map2, map3, map4 – 242 Brescia et Mediolanum: map – 244 Veronæ principatus, Vicentiæ, et Patavii: map – 246 Friuli et Istria: map – 248 Thuscia: map – 250 Anconitana: map – 252 Campagna di Roma: map – 254 Abbruzzo: map – 256 Puglia Piana: map – 258 Corsica, Sardinia: map – 260 Sicilia: map – 262 Stiria: map – 264 Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia: map – 266 Wallachia, Servia, Bulgaria, Romania: map – 268 Græcia: map – 270 Macedonia: map – 272 Morea: map – 274 Candia: map – 276 index … Italia 279 … Græcia

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Language Latin
Publication date 1596
publication_date QS:P577,+1596-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Place of publication Duisburg
Authority file
Source Library of Congress, Rosenwald Collection
Permission
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