2. Mercator, Gerard

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.
  • Mercator, Ireland, British Islands, 1595 (1628): Irlandiae Regnum
    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
    11446

    Coloured map of the British Islands. Printed in Amsterdam in the year 1628.

    920,00 €
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  • Mercator, Germany, 1584: Europ: IIII Tab:
    1584 - Gerard Mercator

    Gerard Mercator:  Europ: IIII Tab:

    G. Kempen, Cologne, 1584

    Early engraved map of Germany by G. Mercator after Ptolemy. This map comes from the Cologne edition of the Geographia of Ptolemy from 1584. Latin text on verso.

    Europ: IIII Tab:
    11852

    Old coloured map of Germany. Printed in Cologne by G. Kempen in 1584.

    650,00 €
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  • Mercator, Germany, Lower Saxony, 1628: Westphalia cum Dioecesi Bremensi
    1628 - Gerard Mercator

    Gerard Mercator:  Westphalia cum Dioecesi Bremensi

    H. Hondius, Amsterdam, 1628

    Old coloured antique map of Lower Saxony by Gerard Mercator. Shows East Friesland with Bremen and Oldenburg. In the north to Holstein and the Elbe. Top left a title cartouche. From the 1628 French...

    Westphalia cum Dioecesi Bremensi
    11843

    Old coloured map of Lower Saxony. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius in 1628.

    450,00 €
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  • Mercator, Denmark, Jutland (Jylland), 1607-08: Iutia Septentrionalis
    1607 - Gerard Mercator

    Gerard Mercator:  Iutia Septentrionalis

    J. Hondius, Amsterdam, 1607-08

    Antique Map of Jutland (Jylland) in Denmark by Gerard Mercator. Shows Midtjylland (Central Jutland) between the North Sea and Kattegat with Thisted, Aalborg, Randers, Aarhus, Horsens, Grenaa and...

    Iutia Septentrionalis
    11861

    Coloured map of Jutland (Jylland). Printed in Amsterdam by J. Hondius in 1607.

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  • Mercator, Switzerland, Argau, 1628: [Argow]
    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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  • Mercator, France, Alsace, Breisgau, Black Forest, 1630: Alsatia Superior cu Suntgoia & Brisgoia
    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
    10490

    Coloured map of the Black Forest, Breisgau, Alsace. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius circa 1630.

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  • Mercator, Switzerland, Lake Geneva, 1606: Chorographica Tabula Lacus Lemanni Locorumque Circumiacentium Auctore Iac. G. Genevensi
    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...
    10657

    Antique map of the Lake Geneva. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius in 1606.

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  • Mercator, Italy, 1589: Italia
    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
    11498

    Old coloured map of Italy. Printed in Duisburg by Gerard Mercator in 1589.

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  • Mercator, Southeast Asia, India, China, Thailand, Philippines: India Orientalis
    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
    10687

    Coloured map of the Philippines, Thailand, China, India. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius circa 1606.

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  • Mercator, Greece, Peloponnese, Aegean, Asia Minor, 1589: Graecia
    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
    11497

    Old coloured map of Asia Minor, Aegean, Peloponnese. Printed in Duisburg by Gerard Mercator in 1589.

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  • Mercator, Asian Continent, 1630: Asia ex Magna Orbis Terre Descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris Desumpta, Studio et Industria G.M. Iunioris
    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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  • Mercator, Germany, 1585 or 1595: Germania
    1585 - Gerard Mercator

    Gerard Mercator:  Germania

    Rumold Mercator, Duisburg, 1585 or 1595

    Early and rare old coloured map of Germany by Gerard Mercator. From the first edition of his famous Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura published in...

    Germania
    11902

    Old coloured map of Germany. Printed in Duisburg by Rumold Mercator in 1585 or 1595.

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  • Mercator, Asian Continent, 1613: Asia ex Magna Orbis Terre Descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris Desumpta, Studio et Industria G.M. Iunioris
    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,...
    10322

    Old coloured map of the Asian continent. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius circa 1613.

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  • Mercator, Poland, Borussia, 1630: Prussia
    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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  • Mercator, Central Africa, Congo, Priest Joan, 1638: Abissinorum sive Pretiosi Ioannis Imperiu
    1638 - Gerard Mercator

    Gerard Mercator:  Abissinorum sive Pretiosi Ioannis Imperiu

    Amsterdam, 1638

    Hand coloured copper engraved map of Central Africa by G. Mercator. With two beautiful coloured cartouche and one inset map of the Congo. Showing the Kingdom of Prester John in central Africa, how...

    Abissinorum sive Pretiosi Ioannis Imperiu
    10863

    Coloured map of Priest Joan, Congo, Central Africa. Printed in Amsterdam in the year 1638.

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  • Mercator, Denmark, 1613-19: Daniae Regnu
    1613 - Gerard Mercator

    Gerard Mercator:  Daniae Regnu

    J. Hondius, Amsterdam, 1613-19

    Old coloured antique map of Denmark by Gerard Mercator. Shows Denmark with Holstein and Mecklenburg with Rügen in the south and south Sweden in the north. Top right a title cartouche, in the North...

    Daniae Regnu
    11863

    Old coloured map of Denmark. Printed in Amsterdam by J. Hondius in 1613.

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  • Mercator, Italy, Sardinia, 1595: Sardina
    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
    11440

    Old coloured map of Sardinia. Printed in Basle by G. Mercator in 1595.

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  • Mercator, Germany, Württemberg, 1639: Wirtenberg Ducatus
    1639 - Gerard Mercator

    Gerard Mercator:  Wirtenberg Ducatus

    H. Hondius, Amsterdam, circa 1639

    Nice early 17th century copper engraved map of Württemberg in South Germany of G. Mercator by H. Hondius. Later state, with cartouches changed. Covering the region between Offenburg, Sigmaringen,...

    Wirtenberg Ducatus
    10618

    Antique map of Württemberg. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius circa 1639.

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  • Mercator, Greece, Peloponnes, 1595: Morea olim Peloponnesus
    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
    11450

    Old coloured map of the Peloponnese. Printed in the year 1595.

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  • Mercator, Switzerland, Burgundy, 1610: Burgundia superior sive liber comitatus
    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
    10586

    Coloured map of the Burgundy. Printed in Amsterdam circa 1610.

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  • Mercator, Middle East, Iran, Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, 1628: Persici vel Sophorum Regni typus
    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
    10857

    Coloured map of the Persian Gulf, Caspian Sea, Iran. Printed in Amsterdam in the year 1628.

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  • Mercator, Greece, Peloponnes, 1590: Morea olim Peloponnesus
    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
    10032

    Coloured map of the Peloponnese. Printed in the year 1590.

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  • Mercator, Germany, Lower Saxony, Bremen, 1630: Episcopatus Bremensis cum Adiacentibus
    1630 - Gerard Mercator

    Gerard Mercator:  Episcopatus Bremensis cum Adiacentibus

    Amsterdam, circa 1630

    Decorative copper engraved map of Lower Saxony centred around Bremen by G. Mercator. Showing the area between the river Ems and Elbe along the North Sea coast with the East Frisian Islands. With...

    Episcopatus Bremensis cum Adiacentibus
    10962

    Antique map of Bremen, Lower Saxony. Printed in Amsterdam circa 1630.

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  • Mercator, Denmark, Fyn, 1595-1602: Fionia
    1595 - Gerard Mercator

    Gerard Mercator:  Fionia

    G. Mercator, Duisburg, 1595-1602

    Old coloured antique map of the eastern part of South Denmark by Gerard Mercator. With Funen (Fyn) and the offshore islands Langeland and Ærø. Below a title cartouche. From the early Latin edition...

    Fionia
    11860

    Old coloured map of Fyn. Printed in Duisburg by G. Mercator in 1595.

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