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CORNUBIA, DEVONIA, SOMERSETUS, DORCESTERIA, WILTONIA, GLOCESTRIA, MONUMETHA, GLAMORGAN, CAERMARDEN, PENBROKE, HEREFORDIA & WIGORNIA
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this map is by Gerard Mercator. It covers the
English counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire,
Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and the Welsh
counties of Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Carmarthenshire,
Penbrokeshire, Cardigan and Radnor. It dates from 1595 and was
published in Duisburg by Rumold Mercator, Gerard's son. Gerard
Mercator was one of the greatest map makers ever known. He started
his career as a professional instrument maker after finishing a
masters degree at Louvain University and studying advanced
mathematics. By the 1560’s he was developing a new form of
navigational projection.
Title: CORNUBIA, DEVONIA, SOMERSETUS, DORCESTERIA, WILTONIA,
GLOCESTRIA, MONUMETHA, GLAMORGAN, CAERMARDEN, PENBROKE, HEREFORDIA
& WIGORNIA
Description:
this map is by Gerard Mercator.
It covers the
English counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire,
Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and the Welsh
counties of Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Carmarthenshire,
Penbrokeshire, Cardigan and Radnor.
It dates from 1595 and was
published in Duisburg by Rumold Mercator, Gerard's son.
Gerard
Mercator was one of the greatest map makers ever known.
He started
his career as a professional instrument maker after finishing a
masters degree at Louvain University and studying advanced
mathematics.
By the 1560’s he was developing a new form of
navigational projection.