Lot #: 85187
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Description
One of the Earliest obtainable Modern Maps of the British Isles.
A nice example of the 1525 edition of Lorenz Fries's double-page woodblock modern map of the British Isles. With changed title in banderole at top, text on verso within ornament and further title.
First published in Strasbourg by Johannes Gruninger in 1522, Fries map is based upon Waldseemuller's map of 1513. Fries has corrected the slanting Scotland and Cornwall, and has added many new towns, most notably along the southern and eastern coasts of England and Ireland - areas well known to European sailors and merchants. London and the Thames are named in the interior, along with the hills dividing Scotland and England.
The mythical island of 'Brazil' appears off the west coast of Ireland.
Reference: Karrow 28/30
A nice example of the 1525 edition of Lorenz Fries's double-page woodblock modern map of the British Isles. With changed title in banderole at top, text on verso within ornament and further title.
First published in Strasbourg by Johannes Gruninger in 1522, Fries map is based upon Waldseemuller's map of 1513. Fries has corrected the slanting Scotland and Cornwall, and has added many new towns, most notably along the southern and eastern coasts of England and Ireland - areas well known to European sailors and merchants. London and the Thames are named in the interior, along with the hills dividing Scotland and England.
The mythical island of 'Brazil' appears off the west coast of Ireland.
Reference: Karrow 28/30