Mercator’s Miniature Map of Germany Printed Area Measurement_25.5 x 31 cm with Luanda and the neighbouring

with Luanda and the neighbouring Portuguese fort

A scroll in the top right of the map could be printed with the name of any sponsor: our example was issued by the transatlantic shipping company United States Lines

although most of the European knowledge of the region in the first part of the 18th century was via Jesuit and Capuchin missionaries

Notes on the map amplify and explain some of the uncertainties

and shows the Royal Festival Hall (built for the 1951 Festival of Britain) and the Mermaid Theatre at Puddle Dock

Mercator’s Miniature Map of Germany Printed Area Measurement_25.5 x 31 cm with Luanda and the neighbouringThis map shows the Germanic regions of Europe, including the Low Countries, Poland and Austria, and was engraved by Jodocus Hondius for the Atlas Minor. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 14. 6 x 19. 5 cm, black and white, numbered in an early hand in upper margin, light waterstaining in lower margin, Latin text on verso. References Koeman Me 186.