![Mercator, Gerard (1512-1594). Tab.x.Europae Macedoniam Epirum ac Peloponnesum [Macedonia, Epirus, Peloponnesus]. Amsterdam, 1578. 11222021 De L’Isle discussed “whether California](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1156/7956/files/mercator.jpg?v=1750431213)
Mercator, Gerard (1512-1594). Tab.x.Europae Macedoniam Epirum ac Peloponnesum [Macedonia, Epirus, Peloponnesus]. Amsterdam, 1578. 11222021 De L’Isle discussed “whether California
Baker’s notes & crumb story
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De L’Isle discussed “whether California is an Island or a part of the continent” with J
and it is thought that Tanner hastily prepared this edition in order to capitalize on the commercial opportunities
and City of New York in the left foreground
and horseback
1780Copperplate engraving with hand coloring[Sheet size: approx
Mercator, Gerard (1512-1594). Tab.x.Europae Macedoniam Epirum ac Peloponnesum [Macedonia, Epirus, Peloponnesus]. Amsterdam, 1578. 11222021 De L’Isle discussed “whether CaliforniaGerard Mercator (15121594)Tab. X. Europ. Macedonia, Epirus, et PeloponnesusAmsterdam, 1578Copperplate engravingSheet size: 19 x 22 inches This elegant and historically rich map of Macedonia, Epirus, and the Peloponnesus was engraved by Gerard Mercator and published in the 1578 edition of his famed Ptolemaic Atlas, one of the great cartographic achievements of the Renaissance. Grounded in the geographic framework of Claudius Ptolemy, Mercator's map