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Geography of Africa

Livio Sanuta’s Geografia dell’Africa contains 12 two-page black and white maps, sketched by Livio and engraved by his brother Giulio, depicting Africa…

Prussia

This 17th century map from Gerard Mercator’s Atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes depicts the region of Prussia along the Baltic Sea (modern day…

Marquisate of Brandenburg, with the Duchies of Pomerania and Mecklenburg

This map is a representation of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg, and Pomerania (modern day northeastern Germany and northwestern Poland) from an atlas by…

Atlas or cosmographical meditations upon the fabric of the world

Published posthumously, this atlas is the culmination of Gerald Mercator’s cosmographic work. Mercator planned for the atlas to have five parts: a…

Cosmographei

Cosmographei contains a world map, regional maps, as well as cosmographical maps.The world maps includes, present-day North and South America, as well…