Pedemontana regio cum Genuensium territorio /Montisferrati marchionatu

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Article ID EUI1876

Title

Pedemontana regio cum Genuensium territorio /Montisferrati marchionatu

Description

Map shows Piemont with the cities of Genua, Turin, Aosta and Milano.

Year

ca. 1620

Artist

Mercator (1512-1594)

Gerardus Mercator (1512 - 1594). He was a cartographer, philosopher and mathematician. He is best known for his work in cartography, in particular the world map of 1569 based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing as straight lines. He is renowned to the present day as the cartographer who created a world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing as straight lines. In his own day he was the world's most famous geographer but in addition he had interests in theology, philosophy, history, mathematics and magnetism as well as being an accomplished engraver, calligrapher and maker of globes and scientific instruments. He wrote few books but much of his knowledge is to be found in the copious legends on his wall maps and the prefaces that he composed for his atlas ,the first in which the term "atlas" appears and the sections within it.

Place of Publication Amsterdam
Dimensions (cm)13,5 x 19 cm
ConditionVery good
Coloringoriginal colored
TechniqueCopper print

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