Diese Karte (England, Schottland und Irland) stammt von Gerhard Mercator Atlas und Cosmographia zweite Auflage (1607). Dies geschah vor der Union und unmittelbar nachdem England und Schottland begannen, einen gemeinsamen König zu haben (aber sie waren immer noch getrennte Königreiche, nur in einer Personalunion).
Edit: Ich kannte den Namen nicht "britische inseln" ist umstritten (ich komme nicht aus der Region und kannte es immer als geografischen Begriff), also ist es so "Die Inseln Großbritannien und Irland" (Und die anderen kleineren Inseln derselben Inselgruppe)
Hier ist Den Link zum vollständigen Bild, falls jemand möchte
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* Gerardus, Geert, or Gerard, but not Gerhard.
Britain and Ireland*
Stunning
Only Donegal seems a bit off.
Other than Ireland looking like a potato it seems mostly fine
I can only imagine how much fucking time something like this must take in 1607.
Anglia, Scotia and Hibernia. Poor Wales (Cambria) always getting left out.
My hometown isn’t in there, which is surprising and disappointing
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Cool. And thanks for the thoughtful zooms!
This guy gets it.
As can be seen in [Mercator’s earlier world map on a cordiform projection](https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/s/X8i8b7JFKm), Mercator – like everyone else for most of the previous two millennia – called the British Isles by the name by which they are still known today: *Insulę Britannicę*.
No Birmingham?
Interesting how the seas all have different names to the modern ones.
Looking at those mountains it wouldn’t surprise me to learn Tolkien was inspired by this
Somebody has squashed Scotland and added a random chunk of land to the north west of Ireland for some reason
Thanks for sharing. For my money as a cartographer, Mercator really was *the* greatest. He’s someone the modern world owes a huge debt to.