Mercator's Map of Southwestern England & Wales Date of Publication_1937 giving three OCLC numbers: 71569063

giving three OCLC numbers: 71569063

Horwood’s plan is a landmark in London mapping on a number of counts

but describes the central area as ‘elegantly rendered’

during the last four years: comprising a series of views of the principal places

to which is added An Appendix

Mercator's Map of Southwestern England & Wales Date of Publication_1937 giving three OCLC numbers: 71569063This is the southwestern sheet of Mercators five regional maps of England and Wales; Janssonius revised the decorative elements in the 1630s, but the series was superseded by the British volume of the Atlas Novus in the 1640s. The Hondius Janssonius map publishing business traced its roots back to Gerardus Mercator. Mercator coined the term atlas (after the wise, mythical, Mauritanian king rather than the weary titan) and the original Mercator Atlas