Puglia Piana, Terra di Bari, Terra di Otranto, Calabria et Basilicata - Gerard Mercator

ST-3692

Puglia Piana, Terra di Bari, Terra di Otranto, Calabria et Basilicata. Etching of 1613 with original colors. Measurement of the plate 34.5 x 46.5 cm. Map of the Kingdom of Naples with Puglia, Calabria, Basilicata and Campania. Copy in good condition, printed on laid paper with watermark. Text on the reverse in Latin. Engraved by Gerard Mercator (Rupelmonde, March 5, 1512 - Duisburg, December 2, 1594) was a Flemish mathematician, astronomer and cartographer. Also known in Latin as Gerardus Mercator, then Italianized in Gerardo Mercatore, he became famous for his studies in cartography and for having invented a projection system that bears his name (Mercator projection)

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