Mercator: Ukraine – Russia
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Europe - Ukraine - Russia

Title: „Taurica Chersonessus Nostra aetate Przecopsca et Gazara.“

One of the earliest maps depicting Ukraine, the north cost of the Black Sea, Smolensk and Moscovia.

Cartographer: Gerhardt Mercator (1512-1594), signature at the bottom left: Per Gerhardum Mercatorum Cum Privilegio.

Publisher: J. Hondius (1563-1612), „Atlas sive Cosmographicae…“, Amsterdam 1606, verso: text in Latin.

Beautiful copper engraving with vibrant original colouring, wide margins, some minor stains, altogether in very good condition.

Lit.:Koeman II, Mer 15

€ 395,-