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Antique World Map 1564 — Mercator, Quam Hic Vides Orbis Imaginem

Name: Antique World Map 1564 — Mercator, Quam Hic Vides Orbis Imaginem
Brand: Old Map Studio
SKU: NBNOGAA0010000715
Price: 19.9 USD
Availability: InStock

CODE: NBNOGAA0010000715

Antique world map of 1564 after Gerard Mercator, Quam hic vides orbis imaginem, restored full sheet

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Description

An old world map that argues its own case

The title of this sheet is a sentence addressed to the reader — Quam hic vides orbis imaginem, lector candide… — and it argues: the image of the world you see here is later and better corrected than those circulated so far, and America, Sarmatia and India bear witness. The record of the National Library of Norway dates it to 1564, names Mercator, Lafréri and Salamanca, gives the imprint Ant. Lafreri Exc. and files the sheet under Rome. Size, technique and coloring are not in that record and are not claimed here.

Your file

Original	Mercator, Lafréri and Salamanca; imprint Ant. Lafreri Exc., 1564, in Latin
Print size at 300 dpi	the map prints to 101 cm (40 in), the full sheet with margins to 127 cm (50 in)
You download	six ZIP archives: full sheet, trimmed, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4 and ISO A
Inside each one	one JPEG at 300 dpi, the restoration passport as a PDF, a READ ME

How to print

Print at 300 dpi at the size above and do not let the shop scale the file up.
At a metre wide, ask for a single sheet rather than a panel join.
Where to print it: print shops near you and checked prices at online labs.

Source and rights

National Library of Norway, URN:NBN:no-nb_digikart_gaa0010000715, public domain, viewable worldwide. Archive and URN are named in the passport inside every download. Catalogue record: Nasjonalbiblioteket →

Every map is a scan of a real sheet held in a named archive — library, shelfmark and year, all stated. Nothing generated, nothing redrawn.