Hondius’ Map of Lower Saxony & Mecklenburg Publisher(s)_Chapman & Hall sheet size 47 x 38

sheet size 47 x 38

quoted at the head of this map

though here it seems to be an extension of Lake Maravi (generally identified with Lake Nyasa)

Sheet C1 from Horwood’s ‘Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster…’

London: Day & Son for FG Moon

Hondius’ Map of Lower Saxony & Mecklenburg Publisher(s)_Chapman & Hall sheet size 47 x 38Saxonia Inferior et Mecklenborg Duc The original Mercator Atlas (parts published from 1585 onwards) was not a commercial success; the copper printing plates were bought by Hondius c. 1604, and a large number of maps were added for his first edition of 1606, still trading on Mercator's name. Janssonius was his son in law, who took over the business in the mid 1630s. He began to erase Hondius' name and replace it with his own at about this time. He also