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Atlas maior of 1655

At the start of the 1600s, there was an economic and artistic boom in Amsterdam and the Hondius publishing house was the primary map publishing house.…

Zee-Atlas

The van Keulen family firm, known as “In de Gecroonde Lootsman”, which created the Zee-Atlas, “dominated Dutch maritime cartography for two…

"Hildesia / Hildesheim" from Topographie Niedersachsen

Matthäeus Merian the Elder was born in Basel (modern Switzerland) in 1593. He began his career as a stained glass designer, but switched to engraving,…

Prussia

This 17th century map from Gerard Mercator’s Atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes depicts the region of Prussia along the Baltic Sea (modern day…

Marquisate of Brandenburg, with the Duchies of Pomerania and Mecklenburg

This map is a representation of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg, and Pomerania (modern day northeastern Germany and northwestern Poland) from an atlas by…

Universal Atlas

Vaz Dourado’s Universal Atlas depicts the coastlines and interiors of much of the world, as explored by the Portuguese up until that point. Our…

Agas Map of London

The Agas Map of London or Civitas Londinum, a woodcut printed from 8 blocks, presents a city view of London and its surrounding environs designed to…