Antique Maps by Gerard Mercator (*1512 - †1594)

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.

1589 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Graecia
Gerard Mercator, Duisburg, 1589
True first edition of Mercator's map of Greece with beautiful old colour.Early and important map of Greece with stunning original colour. This is the real first edition published in 1589...
Graecia
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Old coloured map of Asia Minor, Aegean, Peloponnese. Printed in Duisburg by Gerard Mercator in 1589.
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1628 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: [Argow]
Gerard Mercator, Amsterdam, 1628
Original old coloured detailed engraved map of Argau / Switzerland by G. Mercator. Covering the area around the Lake Lucerne, Lake Zurich and Lake Thun. From a French edition of Mercator-Hondius...
[Argow]
10847
Old coloured map of Argau. Printed in Amsterdam by Gerard Mercator in 1628.
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1628 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Irlandiae Regnum
Amsterdam, 1595 (1628)
Hand coloured map of Ireland by G. Mercator. Oriented to the West. Decorative title cartouche. French text on verso.
Irlandiae Regnum
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Coloured map of the British Islands. Printed in Amsterdam in the year 1628.
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1630 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Alsatia Superior cu Suntgoia & Brisgoia
H. Hondius, Amsterdam, circa 1630
Nice coloured map of the Alsace from G. Mercator by H. Hondius. Covering the area of the Black Forest and Breisgau with the River Rhine between Strasbourg and Basel. From the Mercator-Hondius Atlas...
Alsatia Superior cu Suntgoia & Brisgoia
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Coloured map of the Black Forest, Breisgau, Alsace. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius circa 1630.
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1589 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Italia
Gerard Mercator, Duisburg, 1589
True first edition of Mercator's map of Italy with beautiful old colour.Early and important engraved map of Italy with Sardinia and Corsica. This is the real first edition, published in 1589...
Italia
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Old coloured map of Italy. Printed in Duisburg by Gerard Mercator in 1589.
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1590 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Morea olim Peloponnesus
1590
Coloured engraving showing Greek peninsula Peloponnes (Pelopónnisos) former Morea. From a french edition.
Morea olim Peloponnesus
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Coloured map of the Peloponnese. Printed in the year 1590.
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1595 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Alsatia inferior
G. Mercator, Amsterdam, circa 1595
Nice coloured map of the Alsace from G. Mercator. Covering the area around Strasbourg.
Alsatia inferior
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Coloured map of Strasbourg, Alsace. Printed in Amsterdam by G. Mercator circa 1595.
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1595 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Sardina
G. Mercator, Basle, 1595
First edition of Mercator's map of Sardinia, published 1595. The later editions have a different title and cartouche.
Sardina
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Old coloured map of Sardinia. Printed in Basle by G. Mercator in 1595.
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1595 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Morea olim Peloponnesus
1595
Beautiful original old coloured engraved map of the Peloponnes (Pelopónnisos) formerly Morea by G. Mercator. From a Latin edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas.
Morea olim Peloponnesus
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Old coloured map of the Peloponnese. Printed in the year 1595.
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1595 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Helvetia cum Finitimis Regionibus Confoederatis
Rumold Mercator, Duisburg, 1595
Early map of Switzerland by Gerard Mercator. From the first edition of his famous Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura published in Duisburg in 1595 by his...
Helvetia cum Finitimis Regionibus Confoederatis
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Old coloured map of Switzerland. Printed in Duisburg by Rumold Mercator in 1595.
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1606 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Chorographica Tabula Lacus Lemanni Locorumque Circumiacentium Auctore Iac. G. Genevensi
H. Hondius, Amsterdam, 1606
Beautiful old coloured map of the Lake Geneva after J. Goulart from the first Latin edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas. Rare edition with the five portraits of Calvin, Farellus, Viretus, Beza...
Chorographica Tabula Lacus Lemanni Locorumque Circumiacentium Auctore...
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Antique map of the Lake Geneva. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius in 1606.
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1606 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: India Orientalis
H. Hondius, Amsterdam, circa 1606
Beautiful coloured map of India, the Malay Peninsula, China and the Philippines, Thailand and Cambodia and parts of Sumatra with Borneo from a French edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas. With two...
India Orientalis
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Coloured map of the Philippines, Thailand, China, India. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius circa 1606.
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1610 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Burgundia superior sive liber comitatus
Amsterdam, circa 1610
Beautiful coloured engraved map the Burgundy (Bourgogne) with parts of Switzerland and France by G. Mercator. Showing the Lake Geneva or Lake Léman and the Lake Neuchâtel. From a Latin edition of...
Burgundia superior sive liber comitatus
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Coloured map of the Burgundy. Printed in Amsterdam circa 1610.
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1613 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Asia ex Magna Orbis Terre Descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris Desumpta, Studio et Industria G.M....
H. Hondius, Amsterdam, circa 1613
Beautiful original old coloured Mercator map of Asia. This map first appeared in the famous Mercator "Atlas Sive Cosmographicae" of 1595, later published until 1633 in Mercator Hondius Atlases....
Asia ex Magna Orbis Terre Descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris Desumpta,...
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Old coloured map of the Asian continent. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius circa 1613.
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1613 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Tavrica Chersonesvs Nostra aetate Przecopsca et Gazara dicitur
H. Hondius, Amsterdam, circa 1613
Beautiful original old coloured Mercator map of The Ukraine with Crimean peninsula, including the northern part of the Black Sea and up to Smolensk in the North. This map comes from an English...
Tavrica Chersonesvs Nostra aetate Przecopsca et Gazara dicitur
10324
Old coloured map of the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius circa 1613.
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1619 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Cornubia, Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria Monumetha, Glamorgan, Caermarden,...
Amsterdam, 1619
Original coloured map of south west England and south Wales of Gerard Mercator. From a latin edition of the Mercator Hondius Atlases.
Cornubia, Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria...
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Old coloured map of South Wales, South West England. Printed in Amsterdam in the year 1619.
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1628 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Alsatia superior
J. Jansson, Amsterdam, 1628
Nice coloured map of the Alsace from Mercator-Hondius "Atlas Minor". Covering the area between Strasbourg and Basel.
Alsatia superior
10473
Coloured map of the Black Forest, Breisgau, Alsace. Printed in Amsterdam by J. Jansson in 1628.
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1628 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Alsatia inferior
J. Jansson, Amsterdam, 1628
Nice coloured map of the Alsace from Mercator-Hondius "Atlas Minor". Covering the area around Strasbourg.
Alsatia inferior
10474
Coloured map of Haguenau, Strasbourg, Alsace. Printed in Amsterdam by J. Jansson in 1628.
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1628 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Helvetia cum finitimis regionibus confoederatis.
Gerard Mercator, Amsterdam, 1628
Original old coloured detailed engraved map of Switzerland by G. Mercator. With one cartouche and a mileage scale. Covering complete Switzerland with the Lake Constance and Lake Geneva. From a...
Helvetia cum finitimis regionibus confoederatis.
10846
Old coloured map of Switzerland. Printed in Amsterdam by Gerard Mercator in 1628.
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1628 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Das Wiflispurgergou
Gerard Mercator, Amsterdam, 1628
Original old coloured engraved map of south-western Switzerland by G. Mercator. With one nice title cartouche. Covering the region around the Lake Neuchâtel, Lake Geneva and Lake Thun. From a...
Das Wiflispurgergou
10848
Old coloured map of the Lake Thun, Lake Geneva, Lake Neuchatel. Printed in Amsterdam by Gerard Mercator in 1628.
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1628 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: [Zurichgow]
Gerard Mercator, Amsterdam, 1628
Original old coloured detailed engraved map of Northern Switzerland by G. Mercator. Covering the area between Basel, Luzern and Constance, centred around Zurich. From a French edition of...
[Zurichgow]
10849
Old coloured map of Basel, Zurich. Printed in Amsterdam by Gerard Mercator in 1628.
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1628 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Persici vel Sophorum Regni typus
Amsterdam, 1628
Hand coloured copper engraved map of Persia by G. Mercator. With two beautiful coloured cartouche. Covering the area of today Iran with the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. From a 1628 edition of...
Persici vel Sophorum Regni typus
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Coloured map of the Persian Gulf, Caspian Sea, Iran. Printed in Amsterdam in the year 1628.
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1630 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Asia ex Magna Orbis Terre Descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris Desumpta, Studio et Industria G.M....
1630
This map first appeared in the famous Mercator "Atlas Sive Cosmographicae" of 1595, later puplished until 1633 in Mercator Hondius Atlases.
Asia ex Magna Orbis Terre Descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris Desumpta,...
10041
Old coloured map of the Asian continent. Printed in the year 1630.
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1630 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Prussia
1630
Showing coast of Baltic Sea in Prussia, today Poland. First edition of the Prussia map, second state followed 1633. French text on reverse.
Prussia
10086
Old coloured map of Borussia. Printed in the year 1630.
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