Gerhard Mercator:  Polonia et Silesia (gold highlights)

	(Click Image To Enlarge)

Title: Polonia et Silesia (gold highlights)

Map Maker: Gerhard Mercator

Description:

Old color example of the first edition of Mercator's detailed map of a portion of Poland, including a number of its major cities (Warsaw, Krackow, Oppeln, Breslau, Gnezna, Graudenz, Lublin etc), from the 1595 edition of Mercator's Atlas Sive Cosmographia. . .

Marvelous, highly detailed map, showing towns, rivers, mountain, lakes, woods, etc.  A striking old color example. 

Condition Description: Old Color. Gold heightening to several cities

Related Categories:
Maps of Poland