Mercator’s Miniature Map of Germany Printed Area Measurement_25.5 x 31 cm although most of the European

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

’ covering eastern Europe and the Ottoman world

Both worked from Elizabethan and Jacobean surveys by Saxton

with Luanda and the neighbouring Portuguese fort

Map showing the Duchy of Mantua

Mercator’s Miniature Map of Germany Printed Area Measurement_25.5 x 31 cm although most of the EuropeanThis 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.