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C1646
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula
Mapmaker:
Matthaus Merian (1593 - 1650)
This world map from, Neuwe Archontologia Cosmica…, on Mercator’s projection with insets of the south and north poles was based on Blaeu’s current world map published in his atlas in 1630. The seas are decorated with ships, compass roses and … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula
Date:
C1646
Mapmaker:
Matthaus Merian (1593 - 1650)
Condition:
In good condition with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving hand coloured
Image Size:
350mm
x 245mm
Frame Size:
655mm
x 565mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1646
Description:
This world map from, Neuwe Archontologia Cosmica…, on Mercator’s projection with insets of the south and north poles was based on Blaeu’s current world map published in his atlas in 1630. The seas are decorated with ships, compass roses and galleons. The lower corners have insets of the north and south poles. Germanic script for the text is used and the Latin title is repeated in Gothic script below. Noted at the top of the map is the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus’s in 1492 and Terra Australis Incognito is shown as extending along the entire lower area of the map. The naming of Beach the northern tip of Terra Incognito, can be traced back to Fine’s 1532 world map which was based on information of Marco Polo’s incorrectly scribed accounts.
References NLA OMD Bib ID 2138727 (1638) SHI MOTW 369 pl 262
From Neuwe Archontologia Cosmica. Matthaus Merian was a publisher and engraver renowned for his town views.
Mapmaker:
Matthaus Merian (1593-1650)
Swiss publisher and engraver born in Basel who in 1615 moved to Germany where he worked for Johan Theodor de Bry.
In 1617, Merian married Maria Magdalena de Bry, daughter of the publisher, and was for a time associated with the de Bry publishing house. In 1620 they moved back to Basel, but three years later returned to Frankfurt. They had four daughters and three sons, including Matthäus Merian the Younger. Maria Magdalena de Bry died in 1645 and the following year Matthäus married Johanna Catharina Hein. Five years later, Matthäus died, leaving his wife with two small children, Anna Maria Sibylla Merian (born 1647) who later became a pioneering naturalist and illustrator.
In 1623 Merian took over the publishing house of his father-in-law after de Bry’s death. In 1626 he became a citizen of Frankfurt and could therefor work as an independent publisher. He spent most of his working life in Frankfurt.
