MINIATURE WORLD MAP TWO HEMISPHAERES, Bertius, Amsterdam 1616.

BERTIUS, PETRUS. Typus orbis terrarum. Amsterdam, Hondius, 1616.

Engraved miniature map, ca 95x135 mm. Latin text on verso. Page number 36 in the upper corner. Title above: De Globo Terrae.

Decorative miniature world map with two hemisphaeres with decorative strap-work designs in each corner.

From Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum. Based on Ortelius world map.

Bertius (1565-1629) was a Flemish cartographer, theologian, historian and geographer. He was connected by marriage to Jacobus Hondius and Pieter van den Keere. He was also cosmographer to the court of King Louis XIII.