Maps of Atlas sive Cosmographicae
This page was created to help categorization of the map designs that appear in (and out of) the Atlas sive Cosmographicae.
1595 & 1596: Mercator original[edit]
107 map sheets (every double-page containing at least one map counts as a map sheet: Scotland, Lorraine, Bourgogne and Westphalia are two sheets each; Corsica+Sardinia or Russia+Moscovia are one sheet each), in the order of the Atlas:
- Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio: Category:Mercator 1587 world map (actually by Rumold Mercator)
- Europa: Category:Maps of Europe by Gerardus Mercator (actually by Rumold, after the 1572 design by Gerardus)
- Africa: Category:Maps of Africa by Gerardus Mercator (actually by Rumold Mercator)
- Asia: Category:Maps of Asia by Gerardus Mercator (actually by Gerardus Mercator Junior)
- America sive India Nova: Category:Maps of the Americas by Gerardus Mercator (actually by Michael Mercator)
- Septentrionalium terrarum descriptio: Category:Maps of the Arctic by Gerardus Mercator
- Islandia: Category:Maps of Iceland by Gerardus Mercator (influence of Arnold Mercator unclear)
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Orbis Terrae (RM 1587)
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Europa (Rumold 1595)
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Africa (Rumold 1595)
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Asia (GM Junior 1595)
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America (Michael 1595)
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Sept. Terrarum
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Islandia
- British Isles - Anglia, Scotia & Hibernia: Category:Maps of the British Isles by Gerardus Mercator
- Scotia Regnum: Category:Maps of Scotland by Gerardus Mercator
- Irlandia Regnum (= "5 Irish maps")
- Irlandia Regnum: Category:Maps of Ireland facing West by Gerardus Mercator
- ... Category:Maps of North Ireland by Gerardus Mercator
- Irlandiae Regnum: Category:Maps of South Ireland by Gerardus Mercator
- Ultoniae orientalis pars: Category:Maps of Ulster by Gerardus Mercator
- Udrone Irlandiae in Catherlagh Baronia: Category:Maps of Idrone by Gerardus Mercator
- Anglia Regnum: Category:Maps of England by Gerardus Mercator (= "7 English maps")
- Northumbria, Cumberlandia & Dunelmensis episcopatus: Category:Maps of North England by Gerardus Mercator
- Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria, Caernavan, Denbigh, Flint, Meridionidh, Montgomery, Salopia, Mania & Anglesey: Category:Maps of Westmorland and Man by Gerardus Mercator
- Cornubia, Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria, Monumetha, Glamorgan, Caermarden, Penbrok, Cardigan, Radnor, Breknoke, Herefordia & Wigornia: Category:Maps of Cornwall and South Wales by Gerardus Mercator
- Eboracum, Lincolnia, Derbia, Staffordia, Notinghamia, Lecestria, Rutlandia & Norfolcia: Category:Maps of Lincolnshire and Norfolk by Gerardus Mercator
- Warwicum, Northhamtonia, Huntingdonia, Cantabrigia, Suffolcia, Oxonium, Buckinghamia, Bedfordia, Hartfordia, Essexia, Berceria, Middelsexia, Southhatonia, Surria, Cantiu & Southsexia: Category:Maps of Southeast England by Gerardus Mercator
- Anglesey / Wight Vectis olim / Garnesay / Iarsay: Category:Maps of Anglesey and Channel Islands by Gerardus Mercator
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Anglia, Sco., & Hib.
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Scotia Regnum (1)
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Scotia (2)
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Scotia (3)
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Irlandia Regnum (1)
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Irlandia (2)
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Irlandia (3)
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Ultoniae
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Udrone
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Anglia Regnum
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Northumbria, etc.
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Westmorlandia, etc.
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Cornubia, etc.
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Eboracum, etc.
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Warwicum, etc.
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Anglesey, etc.
- Svecia & Norvegia: Category:Maps of Scandinavia by Gerardus Mercator
- Daniae Regnu: Category:Maps of Denmark by Gerardus Mercator (= "4 Danish maps")
- Iutia Septentrionalis: Category:Maps of Nordjylland by Gerardus Mercator
- Holsatia ducatus: Category:Maps of Holstein by Gerardus Mercator
- Fionia: Category:Maps of Funen by Gerardus Mercator
- Prussia: Category:Maps of Prussia by Gerardus Mercator
- Livonia: Category:Maps of Livonia by Gerardus Mercator
- Russia: Category:Maps of Russia by Gerardus Mercator
- Lithuania: Category:Maps of Lithuania by Gerardus Mercator
- Transsylvania: Category:Maps of Transylvania by Gerardus Mercator
- Taurica Chersonesus: Category:Maps of Taurica by Gerardus Mercator (i.e. Crimea, but also Ukraine and parts of Caucasus)
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Svecia & Norvegia
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Daniae Regnum
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Iutia Sept.
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Holsatia
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Fionia
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Prussia
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Livonia
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Russia
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Lithuania
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Transylvania
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Taurica
- Gallia: Category:Maps of France by Gerardus Mercator
- Britannia & Normandia: Category:Maps of Bretagne by Gerardus Mercator
- Aquitania australis Regnu Arelatense: Category:Maps of Aquitaine by Gerardus Mercator (all of southern France)
- France Picardie Champaigne: Category:Maps of Picardie and Champagne by Gerardus Mercator (includes Isle de France)
- Bolonia & Guines: Category:Maps of Boulogne and Calais by Gerardus Mercator
- Anjou: Category:Maps of Anjou by Gerardus Mercator
- Berry ducatus: Category: Maps of Berry by Gerardus Mercator
- Poictou sive Pictauiae: Category:Maps of Poitou by Gerardus Mercator
- Lotharingia Ducatus:
- Burgundia Ducatus: Category:Maps of Bourgogne (Duchy) by Gerardus Mercator
- ...(Burgundia Comitatus): Category:Maps of Bourgogne (Comté) by Gerardus Mercator
- (Note: Artois and Alsace were annexed by France later, see below. They are however included in the "Maps of France by Gerardus Mercator" category.)
- Helvetia: Category:Maps of Switzerland by Gerardus Mercator (= "4 Swiss maps")
- ... (Zurichgow): Category:Maps of Zürichgau and Basel province by Gerardus Mercator
- Wiflisburgergow: Category:Maps of Wiflisburgergau by Gerardus Mercator
- ... (Argow): Category:Maps of Aargau by Gerardus Mercator
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Gallia
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Britannia, etc.
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Aquitania aus.
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Picardie, etc.
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Bolonia, etc.
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Aniou
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Berry duc.
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Poictou
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Lotharingia (1)
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Lotharingia (2)
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Burgundia Duc.
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Burgundia Com.
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Helvetia
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Zurichgow
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Wiflisburgergow
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Argow
- Belgii inferioris: Category:Maps of Benelux by Gerardus Mercator
- Flandria Comitatus: Category:Maps of Flanders by Gerardus Mercator (also includes the famous Flanders map)
- ... (Brabantia, Gulice & Cleve): Category:Maps of Brabant and Limburg by Gerardus Mercator
- Hollandt Comitatus & Utricht episcopatus: Category:Maps of Holland by Gerardus Mercator
- Zelandia Comitatus: Category:Maps of Zeeland by Gerardus Mercator
- Geldria & Transysulania: Category:Maps of Gelderland by Gerardus Mercator (Note: Trans-Ysulania = Over-IJssel)
- Artesia Comitatus: Category:Maps of Artois by Gerardus Mercator
- Hannonia, Namurcum Comitatus: Category:Maps of Hainaut and Namur by Gerardus Mercator
- Trier & Lutzenburg: Category:Maps of Trier and Luxembourg by Gerardus Mercator
- (Note: Frisia traditionally did not belong to the Spanish Netherlands. Friesland is still included in the "Maps of Benelux by Gerardus Mercator" category.)
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Belgii inf.
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Flandria
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Brabantia
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Hollandt
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Zelandia
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Geldria
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Artesia
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Hannonia
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Trier
- Germania: Category:Maps of Germany by Gerardus Mercator
- Frisia occidentalis: Category:Maps of Friesland by Gerardus Mercator
- Emden et Oldenborch Comitatus: Category:Maps of Emden and Oldenburg by Gerardus Mercator
- Westfalia cum Dioecesi Bremensi: Category:Maps of Westphalia and Bremen by Gerardus Mercator
- ...: Category:Maps of Westphalia by Gerardus Mercator
- Berghe Ducatus, Marck Comitatus et Coloniensis Dioecesis: Category:Maps of Berg and Mark by Gerardus Mercator
- Waldeck Comitatus: Category:Maps of Waldeck by Gerardus Mercator
- Palatinatus Rheni: Category:Maps of Rhenian Palatinate by Gerardus Mercator
- Wirtenberg Ducatus: Category:Maps of Württemberg by Gerardus Mercator
- Alsatia inferior: Category:Maps of Lower Alsace by Gerardus Mercator
- Alsatia superior cum Suntgoia & Brisgoia: Category:Maps of Alsace, Breisgau and Sundgau by Gerardus Mercator
- Saxonia inferior & Mecklenborg Ducatus: Category:Maps of Lower Saxony by Gerardus Mercator
- Braunswyck & Meydburg: Category:Maps of Braunschweig and Magdeburg by Gerardus Mercator
- Hassia landtgraviatus: Category:Maps of Hesse by Gerardus Mercator
- Thuringia: Category:Maps of Thuringia by Gerardus Mercator
- Franckenlandt Francia orientalis: Category:Maps of Franconia by Gerardus Mercator
- Bavaria ducatus: Category:Maps of Bavaria by Gerardus Mercator
- Palatinatus Bavariae: Category:Maps of Bavarian Palatinate by Gerardus Mercator
- Saxoniae superioris Lusatiae Misniaeque: Category:Maps of Saxony by Gerardus Mercator
- Marca Brandenburgensis & Pomerania: Category:Maps of Brandenburg and Pomerania by Gerardus Mercator
- Bohemia: Category:Maps of Bohemia by Gerardus Mercator
- Moravia: Category:Maps of Moravia by Gerardus Mercator
- Austria archiducatus: Category:Maps of Austria by Gerardus Mercator
- Saltzburg archiepiscopatus cum ducatu Carinthiae: Category:Maps of Salzburg and Carinthia by Gerardus Mercator
- (Note: Limburg, Holstein, Prussia, Styria and Trier were at the time not part of Germany or the Holy Roman Empire, but are still included in the "Maps of Germany by Gerardus Mercatur" category.)
- Polonia & Silesia: Category:Maps of Poland and Silesia by Gerardus Mercator
- Hungaria: Category:Maps of Hungary by Gerardus Mercator
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Germania
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Frisia
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Emden, etc.
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Westfalia (1)
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Westfalia (2)
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Berghe, etc.
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Waldeck
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Palatinatus R.
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Wirtenberg
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Alsatia inf.
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Alsatia sup.
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Saxonia inf.
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Braunswyck
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Hassia
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Thuringia
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Franckenlandt
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Bavaria
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Palatinatus B.
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Saxoniae sup.
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Marca Brandenb.
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Bohemia
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Moravia
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Austria
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Saltzburg
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Polonia
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Hungaria
- Italia: Category:Maps of Italy by Gerardus Mercator
- Lombardiae Alpestris pars occidentalis cum Valesia: Category:Maps of Lombardy by Gerardus Mercator
- Tarvisina Marchia & Tirolis comitatus: Category:Maps of Tyrol and Venice by Gerardus Mercator
- Pedemontana regio cum Genuensium territorio & Montisferrati Marchionatu: Category:Maps of Piedmont and Genoa by Gerardus Mercator
- Romandiola cum Parmensi ducatu: Category:Maps of Emilia-Romagna by Gerardus Mercator
- Brescia episcopatus Mediolanu ducatus: Category:Maps of Brescia and Milan by Gerardus Mercator
- Veronae vicentiae & Patavii ditiones: Category:Maps of Verona and Padua by Gerardus Mercator
- Forum Iulium, Karstia, Carniola, Histria & Windorum Marchia: Category:Maps of Karstia and Carniola by Gerardus Mercator
- Tuscia: Category:Maps of Tuscany by Gerardus Mercator
- Marchia Anconitana cum Spoletano Ducatu: Category:Maps of Marche by Gerardus Mercator
- Latium nunc Campagna di Roma: Category:Maps of Lazio by Gerardus Mercator
- Abruzzo & Terra di Lavoro: Category:Maps of Abruzzo by Gerardus Mercator
- Puglia Piana, Terra di Barri, Terra di Ortranto, Calabria & Basilicata: Category:Maps of Apulia by Gerardus Mercator
- Siciliae Regnum: Category:Maps of Sicily by Gerardus Mercator
- Stiria: Category:Maps of Styria by Gerardus Mercator
- Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia cum Dalmatiae parte: Category:Maps of Slavonia by Gerardus Mercator
- Walachia, Servia, Bulgaria, Romania: Category:Maps of Wallachia by Gerardus Mercator
- Graecia: Category:Maps of Greece by Gerardus Mercator
- Macedonia, Epirus & Achaia: Category:Maps of Macedonia by Gerardus Mercator
- Morea olim Peleponnesus: Category:Maps of the Peloponnese by Gerardus Mercator
- Candia cum Insulis aliquot circa Graeciam: Category:Maps of Candia by Ortelius and Mercator
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Italia
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Lombardiae
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Tarvisina
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Pedemontana
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Romandiola
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Brescia
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Veronae
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Forum Iulium
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Tuscia
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Marchia Anc.
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Latium
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Abruzzo
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Puglia Piana
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Corsica, etc.
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Siciliae
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Stiria
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Sclavonia
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Walachia
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Graecia
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Macedonia
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Morea, etc.
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Candia , etc.
Note that the original Mercator Atlas had no further maps on Spain, or detailed maps of Africa, Asia and the Americas.
1602-1630: Mercator-Hondius[edit]
1607 edition:[edit]
Included all map sheets of the original Mercator - except Rumold-Africa, Gerhard-Junior-Asia and Michael-Americas. Jodocus Hondius then added 39 new maps (only those are detailed below): several by other map-makers (categorized under their original names), but most by him, although lifting the basic map designs mostly from Abraham Ortelius' maps (these latter ones are categorized as "Mercator-Hondius"). In order:
- Mercator-original maps of World and Europe by Rumold (see above)
- NEW: Europae nova descriptio Category:Maps of Europe by Mercator-Hondius (as a second Europe map, differing from the first)
- Mercator-original map designs (see above): Arctic, Iceland, British Isles, 5 Irish maps, 3 Scottish maps...
- NEW Cambriae typus: Category:Maps of Wales by Humphrey Llwyd included as #3 into the 7 English maps (see above) (=> 8 English maps)
- Mercator-original map designs (see above): Scandinavia, 4 Danish maps, Livonia, Prussia, Russia, Lithuania, Transylvania, Taurica.
- NEW: Jodocus Hondius designs - Hispaniae Nova descriptio: Category:Maps of the Iberian Peninsula by Mercator-Hondius (=> 7 Spanish maps)
- NEW: Portugalliae que olim Lusitaniae: Category:Maps of Portugal by Fernando Álvares Seco
- NEW: Legionis, Biscaiae & Guipiscoae typus: Category:Maps of Biscay and Gipuzkoa by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Castiliae veteris: Category:Maps of Castile by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Andaluziae Category:Maps of Andalusia by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Regni Valentiae: Category:Maps of Valencia by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Arragonia & Catalonia: Category:Maps of Aragon and Catalonia by Mercator-Hondius
- Mercator-original map designs (see above): all France maps, and:
- NEW: Totius Lemovici: Category:Maps of Limousin by Jean Fayen included as #3 (between Bretagne & Aquitaine)
- NEW: L'Isle de France Parisiesis: Category:Maps of Île-de-France by François de La Guillotière included as #5 (between Picardie and Boulogne)
- Mercator-original map designs (see above): 4 Swiss maps, and:
- NEW: Chorographica Tabula Lacus Lemanni: Category:Maps of Lake Geneva by Jacques Goulart included as #4 (between Wiflisburgergau and Aargau (=> 5 Swiss maps)
- Mercator-original map designs (see above): all Benelux maps, and:
- NEW: Habes hic ... Flandriae: Category:Maps of East Flanders by Pieter van der Keere as #3 (between Flanders and Brabant)
- Mercator-original map designs (see above): all Germany maps, and:
- NEW: Murs comitatum: Category:Maps of Moers by Johannes Mercator as #7 (after Berg)
- NEW: Leodiensis dioecesis typus: Category:Maps of Liège by Baptista van Doetecum as #8 (before Waldeck)
- NEW: Rugiae: Category:Maps of Rügen by Eilhard Lubinus as #23 (between Brandenburg and Bohemia)
- Mercator-original map designs (see above): Poland, Hungary, all Italy maps, Slavonia, Wallachia, all Greece maps
- NEW: Africae Tabula: Category:Maps of Africa by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Barbaria: Category:Maps of Barbary Coast by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Fessae & Marocchi Regna: Category:Maps of Morocco by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Abissinorum sive pretiosi Joannis imperium: Category:Maps of Abyssinia by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Guineae nova descriptio: Category:Maps of Guinea by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Asiae nova descriptio: Category:Maps of Asia by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Turcici Imperio imago: Category:Maps of the Ottoman Empire by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Terra Sancta qu(a)e in sacris Terra Promissionis olim Palestina: Category:Maps of the Holy Land by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Natoliae sive Asia Minor: Category:Maps of Asia Minor by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Cyprus Insula: Category:Maps of Cyprus by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Persici vel Sophorum regni typus: Category:Maps of Persia by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Tartaria: Category:Maps of Tartary by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: China: Category:Maps of China by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: India Orientalis: Category:Maps of South Asia by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Insulae Indiae Orientalis: Category:Maps of the Malay Archipelago by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Iaponia: Category:Maps of Japan by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Insula Ceilan: Category:Maps of Ceylon by Petrus Plancius
- NEW: America: Category:Maps of the Americas by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Hispaniae Novae nova descriptio: Category:Maps of Mexico by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Virginiae & Floridae: Category:Maps of Virginia by Mercator-Hondius (Florida is just a border region in the map)
- NEW: Cuba Insula / Hispaniola Insula: Category:Maps of the Caribbean by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: America Meridionalis: Category:Maps of South America by Mercator-Hondius
- NEW: Patagonia / Strait of Magellan Category:Maps of the Magellan Straits by Lambert Cornelis
later editions:[edit]
- Additions to Spain in the 1611 and/or 1613 editions:
- Galaecia regnum: Category:Maps of Galicia by Mercator-Hondius
- Cataloniae principatus descriptio nova: Category:Maps of Catalonia by Mercator-Hondius
- Additions to France in the 1609, 1611 and 1613 editions:
- Provinciae regionus Galliae: Category:Maps of Provence by Pierre-Jean de Bompar
- Limburgensis ducatos: Category:Maps of Limburg by Aegidius Martini
- Additions to Non-European regions in later editions:
- Paradisus: Category:Maps of Paradise by Mercator-Hondius
- Egypt: Ptolemy's III-B Africa Map, in Atlas Minor 1609.
- History maps in Atlas Minor (Exodus, Alexander, Roman Empire, Paul's journeys)
Atlas Minor (the "Pocket Atlas")[edit]
All map designs were heavily generalized, but are recognizable as the Mercator-Hondius maps:
- Maps of Europe, Africa and Asia by Jodocus Hondius
- Gerhard Mercator's map designs: Arctic, Iceland, British Isles, 5 Irish maps, 3 Scottish maps, 7 English maps, Scandinavia, 4 Danish maps, Livonia, Prussia, [Moscovia (the inset map of G.M.'s Russia)], Russia (w/o inset), Lithuania, Transylvania, Taurica.
- Jodocus Hondius designs: 7 Spanish maps, with one extra "Gipuzkoa Coregentia".
1633-1660s: Mercator-Hondius-Jansonius[edit]
- Addition to Scotland since at least 1630:
- Lothian and Linlitquo: Category:Maps of Lothian by Timothy Pont