MERCATOR

TAB. I. ASIAE in qua GALATIA, CAPPADOCIA, PONTUS, BITHYNIA, ASIA MINOR,
PAMPHYLIA, LYCIA ac CILICIA…

MERCATOR, Gerhard

Duisburg / 1578 (1695)

46 x 34 cm.

Hand Colored

Nice example of Mercator’s map of Asia, Minor and Cyprus, from Mercator’s edition of
Ptolemy’s Geographia, first published in 1578 and republished in Amsterdam beginning in
1695.

Includes a Sea Monster, cartouche and a detailed treatment of the region.
Gerard Mercator published his edition of Ptolemy’s maps as what he intended as a
companion to his Atlas of the Modern World. Beginning with the 1695 edition, the plates
were re-worked, substituting a new cartouche within the map, containing a second title.