Saltzburg Archiepiscopatus cum Ducatu Carinthiae

Coloured map of Salzburg, Carinthia. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius in 1630.

Reference 12947

Description

Antique map of the province of Salzburg and Carinthia by Gerard Mercator. Shows the area from Vöklabruck in the north to Malborghetto in the south and from Zell am Ziller in the west to Völkermarkt in the east. Including the entire Salzkammergut and parts of the Chiemgau. With the Atterssee, Wolfgangsee, the Inn in the north, Chiemsee, Königssee, Zeller See, Traunkirchen am Traunsee, Bruneck, Berchtesgaden and Hallstatt. Decorated with a beautiful title cartouche.

This beautiful example comes from the Latin edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas of 1630, printed from the same plate that was used for the atlas of 1595. Latin text on the reverse.

Details

Cartographer	Gerard Mercator
Title	Saltzburg Archiepiscopatus cum Ducatu Carinthiae
Publisher, Year	H. Hondius, Amsterdam, 1630
Plate Size	34.2 x 47.5 cm (13.5 x 18.7 inches)
Sheet Size	46.0 x 56.5 cm (18.1 x 22.2 inches)
Reference	Van der Krogt, P.: Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, 2720:1A.2

Condition

Very good condition.

Cartographer

Gerard Mercator (Kremer) was born in Rupelmonde in Flanders and studied in Louvain. He drawn his first map in 1537 and became a cartographer and globe maker. In 1552 he moved to Duisburg, Germany where he published his famous 18-sheet world map in 1569 with his own new projection, today called Mercator projection. Later he decided to publish a new edition of Ptolemy's Geographia. Followed by his major work, a 3 volume collection of maps to which the word Atlas was applied the first time. The first volume was published 1585, followed by the second in 1589 and the third one after his death in 1595 by his son Rumold. A second edition of all three parts was published 1602. 1604 Jodocus Hondius acquired the plates and published several edition together with his sons Jodocus II and Henricus until 1633. More editions followed until 1666 by Janssonius who was in partnership with Henricus. Some of the plated where also used by W.J. Blaeu in 1630.

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Coloured map of Salzburg, Carinthia. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius in 1630.

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