Janssonius’ Map of Cumbria & Westmorland Binding_contemporary calf is considered to be his

is considered to be his last significant work before his retirement

Romania is here used in its earlier form

Johann Christian Wernsdorf (1723-1793) taught rhetoric and poetry at the University of Helmstadt between 1752 and his death

Printed Maps of Victorian London

it was first published with a modest 26 maps in 1544

Janssonius’ Map of Cumbria & Westmorland Binding_contemporary calf is considered to be hisCumbria & Westmoria. Vulgo Cumberland & Westmorland Joannes Janssonius II (1588 1664) married into the Hondius family and, with Henricus Hondius, worked on a revised edition of the Mercator Hondius atlas (which was known as the Atlas Novus from 1638 onwards). The Hondius Janssonius map publishing business traced its roots back to Gerardus Mercator. Mercator coined the term atlas (after the wise, mythical, Mauritanian king rather than the weary titan)