Mercator - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 16:02:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Mercator - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Hispaniae Nova Describtio [sic Descriptio], of Integro Multis in Locis, Secundum Hydrographicas, Desc. Emendata https://historylab.es/hispaniae-nova-describtio-sic-descriptio-of-integro-multis-in-locis-secundum-hydrographicas-desc-emendata/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hispaniae-nova-describtio-sic-descriptio-of-integro-multis-in-locis-secundum-hydrographicas-desc-emendata Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:37 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/hispaniae-nova-describtio-sic-descriptio-de-integro-multis-in-locis-secundum-hydrographicas-desc-emendata/ Map of the Iberian Peninsula, made by Iudocus Hondius (author) and Petrus Kaerius (engraver), based on Mercator's Atlas sive Cosmographicae Mediationes de Fabrica mundi et fabricati figura (1595), where this map, which Mercator had not drawn, was added, in any case following his style in the aforementioned work. Published in Amsterdam, c. 1606.

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]]> It includes the Iberian Peninsula, the Balearic Islands and North Africa. Inside the map, the kingdoms into which the peninsula is divided are outlined, and the most important mountain ranges and rivers are shown, as well as some of the most famous towns and cities.

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]]> Pleyades Virtual Library https://historylab.es/pleyades-virtual-library/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pleyades-virtual-library Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:41 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/biblioteca-virtual-pleyades/ Virtual repository with access to numerous maps and cartographic documents

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]]> This website provides a wealth of material concerning the conception of the World through Cosmography and Geography. Numerous maps and cartographic materials provide a historical overview of the evolution of the discipline, which reached its peak during the Renaissance period. Likewise, we find a large number of authors of different nationalities, with works that explore a great diversity of territories, ranging from a global perspective to the most regional level. Thus, we can find atlases that deal with the extent of the seas and oceans, maps that circumscribe a particular region, world maps or sea charts belonging to a voyage of exploration. Access to the materials is fast and versatile, and the illustrations are presented with a high quality of both image and detail.

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