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Map of the Ottoman Empire from the 1609 French edition of Mercator's Atlas, augmented and published by Hondius.


Copper engraving
Size: 36.5 x 49 cm
Old coloured.
References: Van der Krogt 1, 8100:1A.

Gerardus Mercator  (1512–1594)  wikidata:Q6353 s:it:Autore:Gerardo Mercatore q:en:Gerardus Mercator
 
Gerardus Mercator
Alternative names
Gerardo Mercatore; Gerard De Kremer; Gerard de Cremere; Gerhard Mercator; Gérard Mercator
Description mathematician, geographer and cartographer
Date of birth/death 5 March 1512 Edit this at Wikidata 2 December 1594 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Rupelmonde Duisburg
Work period from 1535 until 1592
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1535-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1592-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Jodocus Hondius I  (1563–1612)  wikidata:Q454603
 
Jodocus Hondius I
Alternative names
de Hondt, Josse. Jodocus Hondius the Elder
Description Flemish-Dutch cartographer, printmaker, publisher, instrument maker and astronomer
Date of birth/death 17 October 1563 Edit this at Wikidata 12 February 1612 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Dentergem, Flanders Amsterdam
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London (1584–1593); Amsterdam (1593–1612); Ghent Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q454603
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current07:34, 4 January 2007Thumbnail for version as of 07:34, 4 January 2007750 × 560 (307 KB)Lambiam (talk | contribs)Map of the Ottoman Empire from the 1609 French edition of Mercator's ''Atlas'', augmented and published by Hondius. <br/>Copper engraving <br/>Size: 36.5 x 49 cm <br/>Old coloured. <br/>References: Van der Krogt 1, 8100:1A. {{Creator:Gerardus Mercator}}

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