Iberian Peninsula (Spain & Portugal) – Hispaniae Nova Descriptio, de Integro Multis Inlocis Secundum Hydrographicas, Desc. Emenendata
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Date of first edition: 1606 (engraved by Petrus Kaerius)
Date of this map: 1619
Dimensions (not including margins): 37,5 x 51,5 cm
Dimensions (with margins): 46,8 x 57,3 cm
Condition: Very good. Sharp copper engraving on strong paper with wide margins.
Condition rating: A+
Verso: text in French
Map references: Van der Krogt 1, 6000:1A.1
From: Gerardi Mercatoris – Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura. Amsterdam, J. Hondius, 1619. Van der Krogt 1, 113
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