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Matthias Quad (1557-1613), a map publisher based in Cologne, was trained in the Netherlands by Johannes van Doetecum, who also worked with the De Jodes. Quad used many De Jode maps as a base to which he added additional information and decorations. Quad was best known for his atlases, which were part of the first boom in atlases best characterized by Abraham Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. In 1592, Quad released an atlas of Europe that had 38 maps. He expanded it in 1594 to 50 maps. In 1600, he expanded the collection of maps further still, this time to 82 maps, and called the atlas, Geographisch Handtbuch. All three were small in size, allowing them to compete as cheaper alternatives to the larger atlases of Ortelius, Mercator, and the De Jodes. Quad released one other atlas, in 1608, with 86 maps, the Fascilus Geographicus.


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Cologne / 1593 circa
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12 x 9.5 inches
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Cologne / 1593 circa
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12 x 8.5 inches
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Cologne / 1593 circa
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12 x 8.5 inches
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Cologne / 1592 circa
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12 x 8.5 inches
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Cologne / 1592 circa
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11 x 7.5 inches
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Cologne / 1592 circa
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12 x 9 inches
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55748
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1593 circa
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12 x 9.5 inches
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VG
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55861
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Cologne / 1594 circa
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12 x 8.5 inches
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18511
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Antwerp / 1593
Size:
10.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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19430
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1600
Size:
11 x 8.5 inches
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20002
Place/Date:
Colgne / 1596
Size:
11.5 x 8.5 inches
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VG
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20752
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1600
Size:
11.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
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20750
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1600
Size:
11 x 8.5 inches
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VG
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20753
Place/Date:
Colgne / 1596
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11.5 x 8.5 inches
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VG
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22281
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1600
Size:
10 x 7 inches
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VG
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22353
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1600
Size:
10.5 x 7.5 inches
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VG
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22534
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Cologn / 1600
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19 x 15 inches
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VG+
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21584
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Colonge / 1600
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12.5 x 8.5 inches
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VG
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21580
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Colonge / 1600
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12.5 x 8.5 inches
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VG
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22852
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Colgne / 1592
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11.5 x 8.5 inches
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33672
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1600
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11 x 8.5 inches
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VG+
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36332
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1596
Size:
12 x 8.5 inches
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38174pb
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Colgne / 1596
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11.5 x 8.5 inches
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42863
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1600
Size:
12.5 x 8.5 inches
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VG+
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42951
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Cologne / 1600
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11 x 8.5 inches
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42066
Place/Date:
Colgne / 1596
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11.5 x 8.5 inches
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VG
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42360
Place/Date:
Colonge / 1600
Size:
12.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
51830
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1600
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
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51901
Place/Date:
Antwerp / 1593
Size:
10.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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51965
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1600
Size:
12.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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57432
Place/Date:
Colonge / 1600
Size:
12.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
55362
Place/Date:
Colgne / 1596
Size:
11.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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55701
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1594 circa
Size:
12 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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54139
Place/Date:
Colgne / 1592
Size:
11.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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54138
Place/Date:
Antwerp / 1593
Size:
10.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
54189
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1596
Size:
12 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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54259
Place/Date:
Colonge / 1592 circa
Size:
12.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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54339
Place/Date:
Cologne / 1600
Size:
10 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG
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54409