Atlas and personification of diverse populations Title page for Gerardus Mercator, Atlas, 1633 In the middle title surrounded by eighteen coats. Left and right of men and women as personifications of diverse populations. At the top the starry sky with in the middle with a armillarium Atlas sitting on his back. Left and right of him a writing man next to a cartographer at globe. Manufacturer : printmaker: anonymous publisher: Hendrick Hondius (listed property) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1633 Material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Dimensions: sheet: H 372 mm ( cut within the
Atlas and personification of diverse populations Title page for Gerardus Mercator, Atlas, 1633 In the middle title surrounded by eighteen coats. Left and right of men and women as personifications of diverse populations. At the top the starry sky with in the middle with a armillarium Atlas sitting on his back. Left and right of him a writing man next to a cartographer at globe. Manufacturer : printmaker: anonymous publisher: Hendrick Hondius (listed property) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1633 Material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Dimensions: sheet: H 372 mm ( cut within the plate edge) × W 242 mm (inner cut off the plate edge) Notes Title page for:.. Mercator, Gerardus. Atlas du monde ou representation vniversel et des parties d'icelui, faicte and table descriptions et tres amples, et exactes, Amsterdam: Hondius, Hendrick, 1633. Subject: (story of) Atlas Human races, peoples and nationalities (other than prehistoric or extinct)
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