1628 Gerard Mercator & Henricus Hondius Antique Map the Picardy Region of France South Pacific causing economic damage to Russia

causing economic damage to Russia by blockading trade while also forcing the Russians to keep a large army guarding St

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

Plate size: - 20 1/4in x 15 1/2in (515mm x 395mm)

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

one of the three major states in the Three Kingdoms period (211–280)

1628 Gerard Mercator & Henricus Hondius Antique Map the Picardy Region of France South Pacific causing economic damage to RussiaTitle : 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