Roux’s Chart of Ios Engraver(s)_John & Charles Walker Van den Broecke stresses the

Van den Broecke stresses the significance of this map of Gaul: “in contrast to plate Ort 194 [Gallia vetus

Mercator coined the term 'atlas' (after the wise

and the range of contexts in which maps were made and used

so his atlas was published in early 1603 or before

a couple of trivial rust spots from staples

Roux’s Chart of Ios Engraver(s)_John & Charles Walker Van den Broecke stresses theThis chart of Ios in the Cyclades is from the practical pocket sea atlas by Marseilles hydrographer Joseph Roux, charting the ports and harbours of the Mediterranean. The atlas remained popular half a century after its first appearance in 1764. This edition, expanded to 163 charts, was published by a French bookseller in Napoleons short lived client state, the Ligurian Republic. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 14 x 20 cm, black and white as