1606 Gerard Mercator Antique Map British Islands Anglesey, Wight Guernsey Jersey Globe Gores Title : Astronomy

Title : Astronomy

to discover a Northwest Passage\" and in 1750 published \"Considerations on the Great Advantages which would Arise from the Discovery of the North West Passage\"

appeared in three volumes between 1715 and 1725

adding a colourful array to the names of topographical features

before heading out into the Bering Sea

1606 Gerard Mercator Antique Map British Islands Anglesey, Wight Guernsey Jersey Globe Gores Title : AstronomyTitle : Anglesey; Wight Vectis, olim; Garnesay: Jarsay Ref #: 17014 Size: 21 1 2in x 17in (550mm x 430mm) Date : 1606 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This beautifully hand coloured original copper plate engraved antique map of the 4 British Islands of Anglesey, Wight Guernsey Jersey by Gerard Mercator was published by Henricus Hondius in the 1606 edition of Mercators Atlas, Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes Illustrissimi Ducis. This