Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura

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Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura is a pioneering 16th-century atlas by Gerardus Mercator that helped establish the modern concept and format of the world atlas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf atlas
cartographic work
early modern printed book
associatedWith Mercator projection NERFINISHED
author Gerardus Mercator NERFINISHED
cartographicInnovation standardized atlas format
compiledBy Gerardus Mercator NERFINISHED
completedBy Rumold Mercator NERFINISHED
contains geographical texts
maps
countryOfOrigin Duchy of Cleves NERFINISHED
creator Gerardus Mercator NERFINISHED
editor Rumold Mercator NERFINISHED
era Renaissance
field cartography
geography
firstPublicationCentury 16th century
firstVolumePublicationYear 1595
genre cosmography
hasInfluenceOn modern atlas design
hasPart volume of maps of Europe
volume of maps of the world
historicalSignificance helped popularize the term "atlas" for map collections
milestone in the history of cartography
includes decorative cartouches
textual commentaries
influenced Abraham Ortelius’s successors
later European atlases
language Latin
mapsRegion Africa NERFINISHED
Asia NERFINISHED
Europe NERFINISHED
the Americas NERFINISHED
the world
medium printed book
namedAfter Atlas (mythological figure) NERFINISHED
notableFor helping establish the modern concept of the world atlas
systematic collection of maps in book form
originalScript Latin alphabet
period Age of Discovery NERFINISHED
placeOfPublication Duisburg NERFINISHED
posthumous true
printingTechnique copperplate engraving
publisher Gerardus Mercator NERFINISHED
subject cosmography
world geography
titleTranslation Atlas or Cosmographic Meditations on the Fabric of the World and the Figure of the Fabricated NERFINISHED

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