Map of North Umbria "North Umbria Berlandia et Dunelmensis Epicoptus per Gerardum Mercatorem, cum privilegio". Printed around 1595. Engraving, hand-painted.
Wooden frame, gilt, pink silk, glass.
Size 37 x 49 cm, frame 73 x 86 cm.
Weight 6,100 kg.
Excellent condition.
Gerard de Kremer (1512 - 1594), known by his Latin name Gerardus Mercator, was a Flemish mathematician, geographer and cartographer, the inventor of the map projection that bears his name.
In 1935, the International Astronomical Union named a lunar crater after him, and later asteroid 4798.
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