"Lithuania", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Eastern Europe, Lithuania
Period: 1619 (published)
Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae
Color: Hand Color
Size: 14.7 x 17.3

This is an early map of Lithuania and a portion of Poland and present-day Belarus from the Baltic Sea down to the juncture of the Bog and Dnieper Rivers. The map is detailed with pictorial illustrations of forests and cities, and adorned with a strapwork cartouche. French text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #1730:1A.
Condition: A
A crisp impression on a bright sheet with a small coat of arms watermark and very minor marginal soiling.