Cuba Insul/ Hispaniola

Bertius Petrus ( 1565 - 1629 ) Amsterdam

Verlag: Artist: Bertius Petrus ( - 1629 ) Amsterdamissued in: unknown; - Petrus Bertius (1565 -1629) was a Flemish theologian historian geographer and cartographer He grew up in Beveren (Flanders) In 1593 he was appointed mathematics professor and librarian of the University of Leyden His main cartographic work includes a miniature world atlas of 1600 a pocket atlas of the German Empire of 1616 with 26 engraved maps and 101 city views a version of the Geographia of Ptolemy with 28 maps by Mercator and 14 maps from the Parergon of Ortelius of 1618 but he is known today as a cartographer with his edition of the Geographia of Ptolemy (based on Mercator's edition of 1578) and for his atlas, 1565

Technic: Copper print, colorit: colored, condition: Very good, size (in cm): 14 x 18 cm; - Map shows Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica,St. Ioannes and Margareta. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers AMW421_500

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Cuba Insul/ Hispaniola
Verlag: Artist: Bertius Petrus ( - 1629 ) Amsterdamissued in: unknown; - Petrus Bertius (1565 -1629) was a Flemish theologian historian geographer and cartographer He grew up in Beveren (Flanders) In 1593 he was appointed mathematics professor and librarian of the University of Leyden His main cartographic work includes a miniature world atlas of 1600 a pocket atlas of the German Empire of 1616 with 26 engraved maps and 101 city views a version of the Geographia of Ptolemy with 28 maps by Mercator and 14 maps from the Parergon of Ortelius of 1618 but he is known today as a cartographer with his edition of the Geographia of Ptolemy (based on Mercator's edition of 1578) and for his atlas
Erscheinungsdatum: 1565