Mercator’s Map of Northern Scotland Printed Area Measurement_87 x 83 cm Kelpra Studio number 'K7276' stamped

Kelpra Studio number 'K7276' stamped on the verso

Quad royal station poster

1688 and 1684

but it was also published in editions of Kitchin and Bowen’s ‘Large English Atlas’

Mercator’s Map of Northern Scotland Printed Area Measurement_87 x 83 cm Kelpra Studio number 'K7276' stampedThis map of the northern part of Scotland is from the Hondius Janssonius map publishing business, which traced its roots back to Gerardus Mercator. Mercator coined the term 'atlas' (after the wise, mythical, Mauritanian king rather than the weary titan) and the original Mercator Atlas (published in parts between 1585 and 1595) was an enormous advance in scientific terms: like Abraham Ortelius, Mercator edited his maps from the best available sources,