MOLUCCAE INSULAE
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Attractive map of the Moluccas or Spice Islands By Bertius.
Stunning in that the sea is dark stipple and the Islands stand out.
This map of the Molucca islands in the eastern East Indies, the so called 'Spice Islands, includes Sulawesi and Gilolo. There is a nice cartouche title in the top right.
Excellent hand colour
Mint condition
Engraved by Hondius
Publication Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum
code : M4473
Cartographer : Petrus BERTIUS
Date : 1616 Amsterdam
Size : 9.5*14 cms
availability : Sold
Price : Sold
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.
