America sive India Nova

Attribution:

Gerhard Mercator, Jodocus Hondius, Hendrik Hondius

Date:

1623

Description:

This volume is considered the first complete edition of the modern scientific atlas. Published posthumously, Gerhard Mercator’s Atlas was also the earliest published work to use the word “atlas” in the title to refer to a collection of maps.

Bib. Reference:

Bancroft call number:

f G113.M4 (for 1595 edition)

Digital image courtesy of:

David Rumsey Map Collection