Mercator’s Map of Northern Lorraine Mapmaker(s)_Walter Graham Blackie or that it was adapted

or that it was adapted to calculate cab fares or the twopenny post – that seems to have been Lingard’s idea

London Transport and its predecessors seem to have been happy to distribute quantities of the official map at no charge (or a minimal one

This map of Zara and Sebinico on the Croatian coast is from the second series of maps engraved for the Epitome by Philip Galle

tiny wormtrack in the body of the map

unsophisticated copy

Mercator’s Map of Northern Lorraine Mapmaker(s)_Walter Graham Blackie or that it was adaptedThis map of Northern Lorraine is from the Atlas Minor. The original plates were engraved by Jodocus Hondius, but after these were sold to the London trade in the 1620s Janssonius commissioned new ones from Pieter van den Keere and Abraham Goos. Koeman attributes the relatively low number of Dutch editions to the prevalance of Latin and French among the better circumstanced people potential buyers of atlases. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 13.