Saint Augustine Map, 1589.
This engraved hand-colored map or view-plan by Baptista Boazio depicts Sir Francis Drake's attack on Saint Augustine on May 28-29, 1586. Boazio, an Italian who worked in London from about 1585 to…
Atlas of Joan Martines.
Atlas de Joan Martines
This manuscript atlas by Joan Martines, cosmographer to King Philip II of Spain, dated 1587, represents the combination of two cartographic schools that existed at the time of its creation. The older…
Wallachia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania.
Walachia, Servia, Bulgaria, Romania
Gerard Mercator (1512--94) was born in Rupelmonde in Flanders (Belgium). His given name was Gerard de Kremer or Cremer. "Mercator," meaning "merchant," is a Latinized version of his Flemish last name. He…
MapSaint Augustine Map, 1589. This engraved hand-colored map or view-plan by Baptista Boazio depicts Sir Francis Drake's attack on Saint Augustine on May 28-29, 1586. Boazio, an Italian who worked in London from about 1585 to…
MapAtlas with Portolan Charts of the Old World and New World, 1580.
MapAtlas of Joan Martines.
MapWallachia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania.