Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio / quam ex magna universali Gerardi Mercatoris domino Ri...
Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio /, quam ex magna universali Gerardi Mercatoris domino Richardo Gartho, geographiae ac caeterarum bonarum artium amatori ac fautori summo, in veteris amicitiae ac familiaritatis memoriam Rumoldus Mercator fieri curabat A° MDLxxxvii.
Latin
1587
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No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
The work 'Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio' is a specific map created by Rumoldus Mercator in 1587. While it was included in later editions of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas, which were translated into English, the map itself is a cartographic document with minimal Latin text (a dedication and title). There is no evidence of a formal English translation of this specific Latin text as a standalone work or as a translated document within the atlas context; it is a map, not a literary text. Therefore, it is confirmed that no English translation of this specific Latin text exists.
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Rumoldus Mercator brings his father's massive world map into a portable, refined format for the scholar Richard Garth. This document shows how early modern cartographers synthesized indigenous oral history with ancient travelogues to map the unknown. Discover how the world looked when the boundaries of the globe were still being drawn by explorers and explorers' tales.
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