Historia mundi, or, Mercator's atlas : containing his cosmographical description of the fabricke and figure of the world : lately rectified in divers places, as also beautified and enlarged with new mappes and tables / by the studious industry of Ivdocvs Hondy ; Englished by W.S. Generosus

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Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
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Contents

MEANING OF THE FROMTISPICE. 2
LONDON Printed for MICHAELL SPARKE. and SAMVELL. CARTWRIGHT 1635. 9
HISTORIA MUNDI OR MERCATOR'S ATLAS. 11
TRVEIY NOBLE, and no lesse worthily honoured 13
Ad Mercatoris dignissimum & doctissimum Mœcenatem. 14
TO THE GENTRIE OF GREAT BRITTAINE. 15
Preface to the courteous Reader. 16
Reverendœ & Eruditœ Matris Academiæ Oxoniœ in Albo Mercatoris Famæ Inscriptio. 20
TO The vertuous and learned Gentlemen of Innes of Court, Mercator dedicareth his Atlas or Cosmographicall Meditarions. 20
In Praise of Mercators Workes 21
In due commendation of the Author, with an Allusion of Atlas his Supportation of the World. 22
To the worthy Translator. 22
To his learned (though unknowne)friend the Author of this Translation. 24
Verses in Commendation of this description of the terrestriall Globe, by G.W. 24
Concerning the use of these Tables. 26
How to finde out the distance of degrees or Miles betweene two Citties, or any other Places. 27
Table of the Cosmographicall Description,Mappes, and Tables contained in Marcators Atlas. 28
TYPE OF THE GLOBE OF THE EARTH. 31
OF THE WORLD 33
EVROPE. 38
AFRICKE. 42
ASIA. 48
AMERICA. 52
NORHTH-POLE: AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE COVNTRIES SITVATE ROUND ABOUT IT. 58
ISELAND. 63
ILES OF BRITTAINE. 68
KINGDOME OF IRELAND. 73
SECOND TABLE OF IRELAND. 78
THIRD TABLE OF IRELAND. 83
MEDIA. 86
FOVRTH TABLE OF IPELAND. 88
FIFT TABLE. OF IRELAND. 93
KINGDOME OF SCOTLAND. 98
SECOND TABLE OF SCOTLAND. 103
THIRD TABLE OF SCOTLAND. 108
ENGLANG. 113
SECOND TABLE OF ENGLAND. 118
THIRD TABLE OF ENGLAND. 122
FOVRTH TABLE OF ENGLAND. 129
FIFTH TABLE OF ENGLAND. 135
SIXT TABLE OF ENGLAND. 140
SEVENTH TABLE OF ENGLAND. 146
NORWEY, AND SVVETH-LAND. 151
STATE POLITICK OF THE KINGDOME OF DENMARKE. 156
KINGDOME OF DENMARKE. BEING THE THIRD KINGDOME OF THE NORTH. 162
SECOND TABLE OF DENMARKE. 167
THIRD TABLE DENMARKE. 172
FOVRTH TABLE OF DENMARKE. 177
BORVSSIA, OR PRVSSIA. 182
LIVONIA OR LIEFLAND. 187
RUSSIA, OR MOSCOVIA. 192
DVKEDOME OF LITHVANIA 198
TRANSYLVANIA, OR SIEBENBVRGEN. 203
TAVRICA CHER SONES VS. 208
DESCRIPTION SPAINE. 213
PORTVGALL AND ALGARBIA. 227
GALLICIA, LEON, AND ASTVRIADE OVIEDO. 232
BISCAY, GVIPVSCOA, NAVARRE, and Asturia de Santillana. 237
OLD AND NEW CASTILE. 242
ANDALVZIA. Fn which are the Countries of HISPALIS and GRANADA. 247
VALENTIA AND MVRCIA. 252
ARAGON AND CATALONIA. 257
CATALONIA MORE PARTICVLARLY DESCRIBED- 263
DESCRIPTION FRANCE. 268
An Admonition concerning the use of the Tables following. 272
An Index of the Tables in FRANGE. 274
FRANCE. 275
BRISNY, NORMANDIE, and BELSIA. 289
LEMOVICIVM. 294
SANTONIA: OR LEPAISDE XAINGTONGE. 299
QVITANIA. 304
Kingdome of Arelatum. 306
PROVINCIA, OR PROVENCE, 309
PICARDIE AND CAMPANIA. 314
Campania. 316
FRANCE. 319
PICARDIE. THE EC CLESIASTI CALL STATE. 324
CAMPANIA. THE STATE ECCLE SI A STICK. 328
COVNTRY OF BELLOV ACUM. COMMONLY CALLED BEAUVAIS, OR BEAUVOISIN. 333
COVNTIE OF BOVLONGNE. 337
ANIOV THE DVKEDOME OF ANDEGAVIA. 341
DVKEDOME BITVRICVM. 346
DVKEDOME BVRBON. 351
DESCRIPTION OF THE ARCHBI. SHOPRICK AND COVNTY OF BURDEGALIA. 356
COVNTY OF PERTICA. 362
DVKEDOME TYRONE. 365
COVNTY OF PICTAVIA 368
CADVR CIVM, LE PAYSDE QVERCI 373
BRESSIA, OF THE SEGUSIANS. 378
PROVINCE AND CITIE OF LIONS. 381
LANGVEDOC A PART OF AOUITAINE. 386
DE LPHINATE OF FRANCE. 389
DVKEDOME LOHARINGIA. 392
DVKEDOME OF LOTARINGIA. 397
DVKEDOME OF BVEGVNDIE. 402
COVNTIE OF BVRGVNDIE. 407
DVKEDOME OF SABAVDIA. 412
HEL VETIA WITH THE NEIGH BOVRING CONFEDERATE COVNTRIES. 417
ZVRICHGOW, AND THE PROVINCE OF BASIL. 422
WIFLISPVR GERGOW. 427
CHOROGRAPHICALL DEscrition of the Lake Lemann, and the adjacent places. By James Goulart. 433
ARGOW. 438
RHETIANS now called the GRISONES. 443
DESCRIPTION of the Low COVNT RIES. 446
COVNTIE OF FLANDERS. 463
EASTERNE Part of FLANDERS. 468
DVKEDOME OF BRABANT. 473
COVNTIE OF HOLLAND. 478
COVNTIE OF ZELAND. 483
DVKEDOME OF GELDERLAND, Containing the Countie of ZVTPHANIA, and the Lordship of TRANSISILANIA. 488
COVNTIE OF ZVTPHANIA. 493
BISHOPRICR OF VLTRAIECTVM. 496
CIT TIE AND PROVINCE OF MACHLIN. 502
LORDSHIP OF GRONINGA. 505
LORDSHIP OF TRANS-ISSELANIA. 508
COVNTTE OF ARTESIA. 511
COVNTIE OF HANNONIA, unto which is joyned the Countie of NAMVRCIVM. 516
COVNTIE OF NAMVRCIVM. 521
DVKEDOMF OF LVTZENBVRG. 524
DVKEDOME OF LIMBVRG, With the Appendances thereuuto. 529
PROFITABLE instruction concerning the Tables of GERMANIE. 534
GERMANIE. 542
WESTFRIESLAND. 556
COVNTIE OF EMBDANVM AND OLDENBVRG. 560
FIRST TABLE OF WESTPHALIA. 565
BISHOPRICK OF BREMES. 569
DECONDABLE OF WESTPHALIA. 571
BISHOPRICK OF MVNSTER. 576
THIRD TABLE OF WESTPHALIA WESTPHALIA 579
ARCHBISeOPRICK OF COLEN by RHENE. 584
FOVRTH TABLE OF WESTPHALIA. 587
DIOECESE OF LEDEN. 590
COVNTIE OF MVERS, with the adjacent Countries. 595
COVNTIE OF WALDECK. 600
PALATINATE OF RHENE. 604
DVKEDOME OF WIRTEMBERG. 609
LOWER ALSATIA. 613
LANDGRAVIATE of the higher ALSATIAN, with STEVIA and GRISAIA. 618
LOWER SAXONIE. 623
DVKEDOME OF BRVNSWICK. 628
HASSIA or the Landgraviate of HESSEN. 633
COVNTIE OF NASSAW, or NASSAVIA. 638
THVRINGIA, or the Landgraviate of DVRINGEN. 641
DVKEDOME OF FRANCONIA. 646
DVKEDOME OF BAVARIA. 651
PALATINATE of the Lower BAVARIA. 656
DVKEDOME of the higher SAXONIE, with MISNIA and LVSATIA. 661
MARQVISHIP and Electorship of BRANDENBVRG. 666
DVKEDOME OF POMERANIA. 671
RVGIA. 674
KINGDOME ELECTORSHIP OF BOHEMUA. 678
MARQVISHIP OF MORAVIA. 682
ARCHDVKEDOME OF AVSTRIA. 686
BISHOPRICKE SALTZBVRG. 691
KINGDOME OF POLAND. 696
SILESIA. 699
POLAND. 701
KINGDOME OF HVNGARY. 705
ITALIE. IN WHICH THESE Countries are contained. 710
ITALIE. 712
FIRST TABLE OF LOMBARDY 726
VALESIA. 729
SECOND TABLE OF LOMBARDY 731
THIRD TABLE OF LOMBARDY. 736
Marquiship of MONTIS-FERRAT. 738
Dukedome of GENOA. 739
DVKEDOME OF GENOA. 742
FOVRTH TABLE OF LOMBARDY. 745
Dukedome of PARMA. 748
Dukedome of MANTUA. 749
COVNTY OF BRESSIA, AND THE DVKEDOME OF MEDIOLANUM. 750
Dukedome of MEDIOLANDUM. 753
DVKEDOME OF MILLAN. 756
PRINCIPALITIES OF VERONA, VICENTIA, AND PATAVIUM. 759
Territory of VICENTIA. 760
Territory of PATAVIUM. 762
FRIVLI, and ISTRIA, KARSTIA, CARNIOLA, AND the Marquiship of the Windorians, and the County of CILIA. 764
ISTRIA. 766
CARNIOLA. 768
BISHOPRICKE OF TVSCIA 769
MARQVISHIP OF ANCONITANA, AND the Dukedome of SPOLETO. 774
Dukedome of SPOLETO. 776
CAMPAGNA DI ROMA, HERETOFORE CALLED LATIVM. 779
ABRVZZO, AND TERRADILAVORO, APART of the Kingdome of NAPLES. 784
Terra di Lavoro. 786
PVGLIA PIANA, TERRA DIBARRI, TERR DI Otranto, Calabria, and Basilicata. 789
HANDS CORSICA, AND SARDINIA. 794
SARDINIA. 797
KINGDOME OF SICILIE. 799
STIRIA, COMMONLY CALLED STIRMARCK, which was made a Dukedome by FREDRICR BARBAFOSS. 804
SCLAVONIA, CROATIA, BOSNIA, WITH PART of DALMATIA. 808
CROATIA. 810
BOSNIA. 811
DALMATIA. 811
WALACHIA, SERVIA. BVLGARIA, ROMANIA. 812
BVLGARIA. 814
ROMANIA 814
GREECE, WHICH CONTAIANETH THESE CHIEFE COVNTRIES, ALBANIA, MACEDON, EPIRE, ACHAIA, and MOREA. 816
MACEDON, EPIRE, AND ACHAFA, WITH which ALBANIA is described. 821
EPIRVS. 822
ACHAIA. 824
MOREA, HEERETO FORE CALLED PELOPONNESUS. 826
CANDIA WHICH POPE BONIFACE of MONTIS-FERRAT, sold unito the VENETIANS. 831
BARBARY, IN WHICH ARE THE KINGDOMES OF TUNIS AND ÆGYPT. 836
ÆGYPT. 838
KINGDOMES OF MAROCCO & FESSE. 841
KINGDOMES OF THE ABISSINES AND CONGUS. 846
GVINEA, WITH THE ILANDS OF Sr. THOMAS, OF THE Prince and Good yeere. 851
Iland of S. THOMAS. 852
Prinees Iland. 854
Hand of the Good-jeere. 855
HTE TVRKISH EMPIRE 856
HOLY LAND. 861
ASIA THE LESSE. WHICH IS NOW CALLED NATOLIA. 866
IL AND OF CYPRVS, WITH THE ILANDS ST ALIMENE, CHIUS, MITYLENE, NEGROPONTE, CERIGO, AND RHODES. 871
CHIOS. 872
STALIMENE. 872
MITYLENE. 874
NEGROPONTE. 874
CERIGO. 875
RHODES. 875
KINCDOME OF PERSIA, OR THE EMPIRE OF THE SOPHI. 877
TARTARIE, OR THE GREATCHAMS EMPIRE. 882
KINGDOMS OF CHINA. 887
EAST INDIES. 892
CHIEFE ILANDS OF THE EAST-INDIES, AMONG WHICH ARE THE FAMOVS MOLUCCO ILANDS. 897
MOLUCCO Ilands. 900
ILAND IAPAN. 902
ILAND ZEILAN. 907
DES CRIPTION OF THE ILANDS OE THE WEAST-INDIES. 912
ILANDS CVBA, HISP ANIOLA, FAMAICA, S. Johns Iland, and Margarita. 915
HISPANIOLA. 916
IAMAICA. 918
St. IOHNS Iland. 918
MARGARITA. 919
VIRGINIA AND FLORIDA. 920
FLORIDA. 922
DESCRIPTION OF NEW VIRGINIA. 925
NEW SPAINE. 928
DE SCRIPTION OF THE FIRME LAND, OR OF THE NEW KINGDOME OF GRANADA. 933
DESCRIPTION OF PERVVIA. 936
DE SCRIPTION OF THE SVMMER ILANDS WHICH THEY CALL BERMUDAS. 939
SOVTHERME AMERICA. 942
STRAITES OF MAGELLANA. 947
TABLE OF THE FOVRE GENER ALL PARTS OF THE world, Furope, Assricke, Asia, and America: and also the Notth-Pole, Iseland, and the Iles of BRITTAINE. 953
PARTICVLAR TABLE OF IRELAND. 954
TABLE OF SCOTLAND. 956
ATABLE OF ENGLAND AND WALS. 957
TABLE OF NORWEY, SWETHLAND, and DENMARKE. 960
TABLE OF BORVSSIA, ORPRVSSIA, LIVONIA, ORLIEFEL AND, Russia, and Moscavia, Transylcanisa, or siebenburyn, and Taurca Vhersonesus. 961
TABLE OF SPAINE. 963
TABLE OF FRANCE. 965
TABLE OF HELVETIA, ZVRICHGOW, BASIL. 971
TABLE OF THE LOW-COUNTRIES. 972
TABLE OF GERMANIE. 973
TABLE OF IT ALIE, WITH THE ISLANDS Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicilie. 976
ATABLE OF STIRMARCK, SLAVONIA, CRPATIA, BOSNIA, Dalmatia, Wallachia, Servia, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, and the Ile of Candie or Creere. 978
TABLE OF AFFRICK. 980
TABLE OF ASIA. 980
TABLE OF AMERICA. 982
TECHNQLOGICALL AND GEOGRAPHICALL WORDS mentioned in this Worke, defined and explained. 983
Decemb, 19.1633. 984
EREATA. 984

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