Relief shown pictorially. Title from another facsimile published by the New York Public Library. Also known as World map on double cordiform projection and Orbis imago. Facsimile of Gerhard Mercator's first world map, published in Louvain, 1538.
Creator:
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
Contributor:
Brevoort, James Carson, 1818-1887
Created:
1920?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library.
Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:65,000,000 ; Cordiform projection Relief shown pictorially. Title from another facsimile published by the New York Public Library. Also known as World map on double cordiform projection and Orbis imago. Facsimile of Gerhard Mercator's first world map, published in Louvain, 1538.
Creator:
Mercator, Gerhard , 1512-1594; Brevoort, James Carson, 1818-1887
Created:
1920 - 1929
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library.
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