Bertius’ Map of Northern Scotland Printed Area Measurement_49.5 x 57 cm centrefold

centrefold

Lake Taganyika (Tanganyika)

the young men summon up enough charm to be invited in for tea

German New Guinea

The map was probably published in the field: this edition was passed by censor

Bertius’ Map of Northern Scotland Printed Area Measurement_49.5 x 57 cm centrefoldThis map of Northern Scotland is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally catalogued under the name of its author, Bertius. The maps are generally reduced from the cartography in the folio Mercator Hondius atlas, and were mostly engraved by Jodocus Hondius, eldest son of the printer, who also bears the same name. Geoffrey King calls them "undoubtedly the finest set of miniature maps