Mercator, G.; Jansson, J. Gallicia Legio, et Asturias de Oviedo. Amsterdam, [c.1628]. Sometime...
Mercator, G.; Jansson, J. Gallicia Legio, et Asturias de Oviedo. Amsterdam, [c.1628]. Sometime hand-coloured. From the Atlas Minor, a 'pocket-sized' version of the larger Mercator Atlases, it was nonetheless larger than other pocket atlases of the time, allowing for greater detail. This can be seen in the number of topographical features on the map. Mercator/Jansson Eboracum, Lincolnia, Derbia, Staffordia, Notinghamia, Lecestria, Rutlandia, et Norfolcia. [c.1650]. Sometime hand-coloured. From the Atlas Minor, with unusual monument distance scale. Mercator/Jansson Insula Zeilan, olim Taprobana, nunc Incolis Tenarisim. [c.1650]. Sometime hand-coloured. A rare map of Sri Lanka added to the Atlas Minor for Jansson's German 1648 edition. It only appeared in two editions. Highly detailed, marking villages, mines and spice plantations. Hondius, J.; Purchas, S. Ceilan Insula. London, [n.d. but likely 1625]. Sometime hand-coloured. This version of the Mercator Atlas Minor map was published in Samuel Purchas' His Pilgrimes, a seminal 17th century collection of voyages first published in 1625. Purchas drew on manuscripts collected by Hakluyt to create the largest book ever published in England. The first edition contained nearly 90 maps, some of which were completed by Jocodus Hondius. Hondius (Joost de Hondt) reprinted Mercator's Atlas after his death adding 36 maps. Hondius released the Atlas under Mercator's name, aiding his sales and boosting Mercator's reputation posthumously. After 1633 his son-in-law, Johannes Janssonius, was listed as co-publisher.