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Warwicum, Northhamtonia, Huntingdonia, Cantabrigia, Suffolcia, Oxonium, Buckinghamia, Bedfordia, Hartfordia, Essexia, Berceria, Middelsexia, Southhantonia, Surria, Cantiu & Southsexia
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This map of the English counties of Warwickshire,
Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire Suffolk,
Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire Hertfordshire, Essex,
Berkshire, Middlesex, Hampshire, Surrey, Kent and Sussex is by
Gerard Mercator. 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: Warwicum, Northhamtonia, Huntingdonia, Cantabrigia,
Suffolcia, Oxonium, Buckinghamia, Bedfordia, Hartfordia, Essexia,
Berceria, Middelsexia, Southhantonia, Surria, Cantiu &
Southsexia
Description:
This map of the English counties of Warwickshire,
Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire Suffolk,
Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire Hertfordshire, Essex,
Berkshire, Middlesex, Hampshire, Surrey, Kent and Sussex is by
Gerard Mercator.
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.