GERARD MERCATOR, Asia ex magna orbis terre etc., Amsterdam, 1630. bibliophilic-essay-11 and the rich trade opportunities

and the rich trade opportunities so valued by Europeans

and detail of French cartography was unrivaled in this period

Audubon devoted his life to realizing his dream of identifying and depicting the birds of North America

using the map that accompanied the wildly popular printed volumes on the journey

After Lewis & Clark's celebrated expedition up the Missouri River into the Pacific Northwest

GERARD MERCATOR, Asia ex magna orbis terre etc., Amsterdam, 1630. bibliophilic-essay-11 and the rich trade opportunitiesGerard Mercator Asia ex magna orbis terre descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris Desumpta studio et industria G. M. Iumioris Amsterdam, 1630 14 7 8 x 18 3 8 in. Mercator's map of Asia, in old color, showing the continent in detail and offering a fascinating cartographic snapshot of late sixteenth century geographic thought. The centrality of the continent is emphasized in the maps composition; parts of Europe, Africa, North America, and Australia are all