Map of Walachia, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria

Gerard Mercator (1512 - 1594)

Coloured engraving

1565

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Government Art Collection
  • About the artist
    Gerard Marcator was born at Rupelmonde, Antwerp. He worked as a geographer, astronomer, globe-maker, engraver, cartographer, surveyor, mathematician and publisher. He studied philosophy and maths under Gemma Frisius at the Leuven University, moving to Disburg in 1552. In c.1563 he was appointed Cosmographer to Duke William V of Jülich, Kleve and Berg. In 1569 he introduced the Mercator projection, a method of representing the surface of the world on a flat plane. Marcator’s name first appeared on a map of the Holy Land in 1537. His last known works are maps of Italy and Southern Europe for installments of ‘Tabulae Geographicae’ (published 1589). After he died in Duisburg, aged about 82, his five volume cosmography was completed by his son.
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    Places
    Europe, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia
    Subjects
    map (as Subject), cartouche
    Materials & Techniques
    engraving, coloured engraving
  • Details
    Artist
    Gerard Mercator (1512 - 1594)
    Title
    Map of Walachia, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria
    Date
    1565
    Medium
    Coloured engraving
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Francis Edwards, November 1949
    GAC number
    1000