1628 Gerard Mercator & Henricus Hondius Antique Map the Picardy Region of France South Pacific Paper size: - 17in x

Paper size: - 17in x 11 1/4in (430mm x 285mm)

It was not a cross erected in memory of Queen Eleanor - as was Charing Cross - but seems to have dated back at least to Norman times

A significant contribution came from Antonie van Leeuwenhoek who achieved up to 300 times magnification using a simple single lens microscope

Plate size: - 20 1/2in x 16in (420mm x 405mm)

1628 Gerard Mercator & Henricus Hondius Antique Map the Picardy Region of France South Pacific Paper size: - 17in xTitle : France Picardie Champagne cum regionibus adiacentibus Size: 21in x 17in (530mm x 430mm) Condition: (A) Very Good Condition Date : 1628 Ref #: 26131 Description: This original copper plate engraved hand coloured antique map of the French region of Picardy or Picardie by Gerard Mercator was published by Henricus Hondius in the early 1628 French edition of Gerard Mercators Atlas. These maps, published in the early editions of Mercators atlas, are