ImagesCD ANTIQUE BORDERMAPS Mercator Europe Atlas Maps

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Item Description:

This ebay listing is for the sale of a CD ROM publication Titled:

 Mercator Maps.

Here are some sample images from this CD ROM:

98 images in Jpeg file format.

These images from the famous Mercator Map book -
Which was really the first world atlas.

In fact, Mercator invented the term "atlas" to describe
a collection of maps.

His maps and globes where the first mass produced
globes and maps the world generally saw.

Ok - now the history - Mercator - whose full name was
Gerardus Mercator or more properly the mouthful -
Gerard de Kremer - was born a Flemish kid in the town of
Rupelmonde. This is in 1512 so a bit back in
history.

He taught mathematics, did brass plate engraving, wrote
books including one on italic font engraving for maps,
and make of course, maps (fell into it by accident).

Like most folks back then doing anything useful or
creative, he was in trouble with the powers that be,
including the church and moved locations and jobs
several times to stay ahead of potential or probable
problems from offended church or other groups.

Few of his mass produced globes exist today, but their
design has become ever since the world standard on how
to make and display globes.

His son continued to make globes and maps even after
his dad's death. (Rumold Mercator) This further ensured
the enduring name of his methods of map making and
cartography and globe making.

These images, minus all the more or less empty pages
and the Latin text and label pages ... are the meat
of his most famous map book, his world atlas.

We took the time to clean up the images, correct colors as
close as we could determine to the very bright original
colors the pages had when new, and cropped the images
to the content portions (the maps themselves) so that
you get only the map, and that nicely fixed up , bright
colorful again, and as clean as is reasonably possible
for an old manuscript.

Great for having printed out for wall decor, wonderful to
use for historical work or research, and great to
wander through looking at how the world used to be.

These maps were as much art work as cartography.

When beauty and function combine - it is a wonderous thing
indeed!

 Presented in easy to view PDF file format.

Allows Zoom-in up  to enlarge sections of the map for easy reading.

Allows Printing of either section views or the entire map on your own printer.

This CD ROM is PC Computer and MAC compatible.
 

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