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Map Puglia Piana Italy by Mercator and Jansson 1628 browse these categories for related items... All Items: Prints: Etchings: Pre 1700: item #638726
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This is an original antique map entitled "Puglia Piana Terra di Barri Otrano etc." that was published in 1628 in Amsterdam from the Atlas Minor. The map is of the 'boot' of Italy filled with detail of mountains, rivers and cities, decorated with a strapwork title cartouche and a scale of miles flanked by sea monsters. Latin text on verso.
Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) was born in Flanders and studied geography, cartography and mathematics at the University of Louvain in Belgium. Mercator's main work, a three volume world atlas, was published in several editions from 1585 on including after his death. Jan Jansson was a cartographer of the same era.
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