Europae totius orbis terrarum partis praestantissimae, universalis et particularis descriptio

Description:

Engraved t.p. "Coloniae, Typis Lamberti Andreae, sumptibus vero Ioanni Buchsemechers. Anno M. D. XCIIII." on index page. Includes dedication to Phillipo Cratz. 4th of 5 small atlases of Europe by Quad beginning in 1592. The first contained 30 maps, the last (1596) 66, including a world map. The maps are usually signed by Bussemacher (execudit) and occasionally Nagel (fecit).

Creator:

Quad, Matthias, 1557-1613, Bussemacher, Johann, active 1580-1613, and Sadeler, Jan, 1550-1600

Publisher:

Ex officina typographica Jani Bussemechers.

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Date Issued:

1594

Spatial Coverage:

Europe

Rights:

Images from the The Renaissance Exploration Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/wy589dw3384