Gerard Mercator

A superb example of Mercator’s Ptolemaic map of much of India, first issued in the 1578 edition of Mercator’s Geographia, based upon the works of Claudius Ptolemy and after, with editions issued as late as 1730.

While perhaps most famous for his maps of the Modern World and the first to use the name “Atlas” to describe a book of maps, one of Mercator’s life works was a corrected and improved edition of maps based upon the work of Claudius Ptolemy. The work was first published in 1578 and after, with editions issued as late as 1730.

Gerard Mercator