CHINA
£275
Scarce attractive small map of China by Hondius in Bertius' Geography.
Korea is shown as an Island. There is a long Great Wall of China marked.
Descriptio Chinae above map and latin text on verso. According to Geoffrey King, The maps in La Geographie Racourcie are by Hondius and the text is newly revised by Bertius.
Cartouche.
Very good hand colour
Mint condition
Publication: La Geographie Racourcie
Reference Van der Krogt 3, 8410:342.
code : M4819
Cartographer : Petrus BERTIUS
Date : 1618 Amsterdam
Size : 10*13.5 cms
availability : Available
Price : £275
Petrus BERTIUS
The origins of the miniature pocket atlas lie in Barent Langenes Caert Thresoor of 1598. A large number of the 169 maps were engraved by Petrus Kaerius (Van Den Keere). This small but attractive atlas was sold for the first time in 1599 by Cornelis Claesz in Amsterdam. In 1600, Claesz published the atlas with a Latin text composed by Petrus Bertius; from then on, new editions, often enlarged with new maps, regularly appeared. Petrus Bertius was born at Beveren, Flanders, in November 1565. As a refugee, Bertius settled in Amsterdam and, after finishing his studies, he became a professor of mathematics and librarian at the University of Leiden. In 1618 he also became cosmographer and historiographer to Louis XIII of France, and lived in Paris, where he died in October 1629. His fame among geographers was established by his text in the pocket atlas Tabularum Geographicarum.
