Bertius’ Map of Northern Scotland Printed Area Measurement_49.5 x 57 cm The Halieutica or De Piscibus

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Bertius’ Map of Northern Scotland Printed Area Measurement_49.5 x 57 cm The Halieutica or De PiscibusThis map of Northern Scotland is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally catalogued under the name of its author, Bertius. The maps are generally reduced from the cartography in the folio Mercator Hondius atlas, and were mostly engraved by Jodocus Hondius, eldest son of the printer, who also bears the same name. Geoffrey King calls them "undoubtedly the finest set of miniature maps