Historia mundi: or Mercator's atlas
containing his cosmographicall description of the fabricke and figure of the world ; lately rectified in divers places, as also beautified and enlarged with new mappes and tables
by Gerhard Mercator
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Historia mundi: or Mercator's atlas: containing his cosmographicall description of the fabricke and figure of the world ; lately rectified in divers places, as also beautified and enlarged with new mappes and tables
1635, Printed by T. Cotes, for Michael Sparke and Samuel Cartwright
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Historia mundi: or Mercator's atlas: containing his cosmographicall description of the fabricke and figure of the world ; lately rectified in divers places, as also beautified and enlarged with new mappes and tables
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Historia mundi:, or, Mercator's atlas: Containing his cosmographicall description of the fabricke and figure of the world
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Edition Notes
Folded plate of New England signed "Simon Passeus sculpsit" and with imprint "London printed by Iames Reeue.
Errata at end on p. [32].
Imprimatur at foot of leaf [sup]24O2v: Decemb. 19. 1633. ... Imprimatur; ita tamen ut si non intra biennium typis mandetur, h©Œc licentia sit omnino irrita. Guilielmus Haywood Archiep. Cant. Capellanus Domest.
The verses on verso of first leaf occur in two settings, one with two states: signed (1) "F[rancis]. Q[uarles].", or (2a) "M[ichael]. S[parke]." or (2b) unsigned.
Page 905 bears a map of New Spain, a duplicate of that on p. 907. A map of Virginia, printed after the book was issued, is intended to be pasted over it.
A variant of the edition with Cartwright's name in the letterpress title page imprint.
Includes index.
ESTC, S107305
STC (2nd ed.), 17824.5
Translator's dedication signed: Wye Saltonstall.
Boston Public Library copy previously under call number: Atlas 1010.4.1635.
Boston Public Library copy imperfect: Lacking folded map of New England after p. 930.
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