Mercator Archives - Village Antiques

Le Duche d’Berry – France – Jansson / Mercator Atlas Minor

Le Duche d’Berry – Le duché de Berry – Antique map from the Jansson / Mercator Atlas Minor showing the area around the city of Bourges.

Castilia Vetus et Nova – Jansson / Mercator Atlas Minor – Castile Spain

Attractive map of Castile with the city of Toledo in the center also showing Madrid, Salamanca, Valladolid etc. with decorative

Burgundiae Ducatus – Duchy of Burgundy – Jansson / Mercator Atlas Minor

Antique map of Burgundy including Dijon, Beaune, Vezalay, Autun and many other cities of the famous wine regions.

Antique Map of Beaujolais and Charolais France – Jansson / Mercator Atlas Minor

Antique map from the Jansson / Mercator Atlas Minor showing the regions of Beaujolais and Charolais.

Antique Map of Aquitania – Jansson / Mercator Atlas Minor

Antique map from the Jansson / Mercator Atlas Minor showing area of France formerly known as Aquitania or the Aquitaine. The area includes the cities of Bordeaux, Pau, Merignac, Pessac, Bayonne, Perigueux and much more.

Andegavensis Ducatis – Jansson / Mercator Atlas Minor – Region of Anjou / Angers France

Antique map of the region around Angers France from the Jansson Mercator Atlas Minor.

Tataria – Antique Map from Jansson Mercator Atlas Minor

Antique Map of “Tatary” – Central and North Asia – from the Jansson Mercator Atlas Minor TATARIA – Copperplate engraving

Jansson Mercator Atlas Minor – Antique Map of Marche Region of Italy

Anconitana Marchia cum Spoletano Ducatu- Copperplate engraving from Atlas Minor published by Jan Jansson in Amsterdam during the first part of the 17th Century.

Jansson – Mercator Atlas Minor

Jansson’s Atlas Minor was a reduced version of the Atlas produced by Gerard Mercator (1512-1594). The Copperplate engravings for Altas Minor were done by Pieter van den Keere (Petrus Kaerius – 1571-1646) or Abraham Goos.

Jansson / Mercator Atlas Minor – Map of Northern Ireland

1620 Map of Northern Ireland – Ultonia Conatia, et Media Copperplate engraving by Peter Kaerius (P.Van Den Keere, 1571-1646). Beautiful

Persicum Regnum – Jansson / Mercator Atlas Minor

Antique map of the Kingdom of Persia from Jan Jansson’s version of the Mercator Atlas Minor.

Picardia Antique Map of Picardy in Northern France Jansson Mercator Atlas Minor

Elegant small antique map of Picardy / Picardie / Picardia – modern day Hauts-de-France – from the 17th Century Jansson Mercator Atlas Minor.

Antique Map of Russia from the Jansson Mercator Atlas Minor

Elegant antique map of Russia from the Jansson Mercator Atlas Minor.

17th Century Map of the African Coast – Jansson Mercator Atlas Minor

Elegant small 17th Century Map of Guinea from the Jan Jansson edition of Mercator’s Atlas Minor.

Jansson’s Atlas Minor – Antique Map of Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Margarita Island

Rare and unique antique map of the Caribbean islands including Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Margarita Island and Jamaica from the Jan Jansson edition of Mercator’s Atlas Minor. The map includes an usual publishing error – it was accidentally titled as “Island of Ceylon.”