Greece's Peloponnesus peninsula:   MOREA olim Peloponnesus / Per Gerardum Mercatorem

Original copperplate engraved map
Fine Handcolor
340 x 410 mm
Map # E-465
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Gerard Mercator (1512-1594) was one of the most famous geographers of his time noted for his attention to scientific detail and precision.  His name is familiar to this day.   Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612) was the founder of the famous 17th century Dutch map publishing family.  Hondius, along with sons Jodocus II and Henricus and son-in-law Jan Janssonius, was prominent in Dutch cartography and competed with the emerging Blaeu family map business. 

When Jodocus Hondius acquired the copperplates of the Mercator atlas and decided to re-issue them in 1606, he used this map from the Mercator plates for inclusion in his Atlas sive Cosmographicae......    This map has Latin text on the verso with a signature of "Bbbbbbb" and pages 316-317.  (Van Der Krogt, p.699).  This map last appeared in 1633.  It was replaced with another map of Morea in 1636.   

Reference:   Van der Krogt, Peter. Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, vol. 1. 't Goy-Houten: HES Publishers,1997.
There are several recent books about Gerard Mercator that we recommend to increase your enjoyment and understanding of Mercator and his maps:  Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet by Nicholas Crane, and The World of Gerard Mercator by Andrew Taylor. 

Very Fine Condition.  Complete, untrimmed margins extend beyond above map image.