Universi Orbis Descriptio ad usum Navigatium, by Keschedt

Four maps from 'Geographicae Universae tum veteris novae . . .' Auctore Io. Ant. Magino. Cologne, P. Keschedt, 1597. - Pirate edition after Magini's original work of 1596

Type of object:

Maps and globes

Time period:

Portugal & Spanje

Place:

Cologne

Date:

1597

Maker / Author:

4 maps with different projections of Giovanni Magni : Rumold Mercator. Ptolemaic. Waldseemuller. Magini projections All engraved by Girolamo Porro

Publisher / Printer:

Io. Ant. Magino. Cologne, P. Keschedt, 1597

Dimensions:

A/ 12,5 x 17 cm B/ 13,5 x 17,5 cm C/ 12,5 17 cm D/ 15,5 x 24,5 cm

Material:

Copperprints on Paper

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Inscription:

Provenance:

References:

A. E. Nordenskiöld Facsimile-Atlas Pag 93 on Stereographic projections

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Description

A/ Universi Orbis Descriptio Ad Usum Navigantium. - Giovanni Magini, 1597. Cartographer: G. Mercator or Waldseemuller B/ C. Ptolemy with longitudes and latitudes of the ancient known world ( 200 till 17th century) C/ oval projection draws from the work of another great cartographer, Abraham Ortelius D/ Rumoldus Mercator, Double hemisphere Map,