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South West England and South Wales by Mercator

Publication: Published in Amsterdam by I. E. Clopperberg
Date: 1632
Description: Very scarce 1632 edition of this decorative map depicting Gloucestershire to Lands End with South Wales. Gerhard Mercator / Jodocus Honduis and engraved by Pieter van den Keere.
Decorative title cartouche bearing the inscription ' Cornubia, Devonia, Somersetus, Dorchestia, Wiltonia, Glocestra, Monumetha, Glamorgan, Caermarden, Penbrok, Cardigan, Radnor, Breknoke, Herefordia, & WI: Gornia.

https://www.antique-maps-online.co.uk/mercator-south-west-3355.html