ID 381264
Лот 56 | Daniel Angelocrator (1569-1635) and Nicolaas van Geelkerken (c.1610-?1657)
Оценочная стоимость
£ 2 000 – 3 000
An extremely rare and unusual world map, the sphere illustrated by 8 half-gores formed using equilateral spherical triangles. Angelocrator, a German pastor, included this map in his work on surveying, Doctrina de Ponderibus, Monetis et Mensuris (Frankfurt, 1628). He claimed to have invented this 8-gore projection, upon which he engraved geography based on Nicolaas Geelkircken's 1616 world map, as stated on the title. Noted features of Geelkercken’s map, including a large southern continent conjoined with New Guinea, and an extreme westward extension of North America almost touching Japan, appear here. Shirley World, 320; see J. Keuning Imago Mundi 1954, 11:1, pp 174-177, for a discussion on Geelkerken.
Engraved world map set as 8 half-gores on a double-page (310 x 567mm). Title set along upper margin with the gores engraved below, land masses shaded at edges, oceans stippled, little geography shown excepting major lakes and rivers.
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