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Antique map of the World on Mercator's projection, 1851

SKU:  189206

Antique map of the World on Mercator's projection, 1851

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Mercator's projection, developed by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in the 16th century, is widely known for its ability to accurately represent direction and shape, particularly for navigation purposes. The projection preserves straight lines, which makes it useful for marine navigation.

During the 19th century, many mapmakers, including John Tallis, produced maps using the Mercator projection due to its popularity and usefulness. These maps shows the continents, countries, major cities, and geographical features of the world, and they often incorporated decorative elements such as illustrations, decorative borders, and vignettes.

John Tallis was an English publisher and mapmaker who operated in the 19th century. He is best known for his publication of illustrated maps, atlases, and other geographical works. Tallis collaborated with various artists and engravers to produce highly decorative and detailed maps that were popular during the Victorian era.

One of his notable works is "The Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World," which was published in 1849. This atlas contained a series of maps featuring different regions of the world, accompanied by illustrations and descriptive text. The maps in Tallis' atlases were often embellished with decorative borders, vignettes, and scenes depicting historical events, landmarks, and indigenous cultures.

Tallis also published other works such as "Tallis's Topographical Dictionary of England and Wales," which provided detailed information about various towns and counties in England and Wales.

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Materials

Cotton canvas, matte photo paper, fine art paper, pigmented inks.

  • The canvas it's 99 % cotton, 450 gr/sqm;
  • The matte photo paper it's acid-free (archival paper), 190 gr/sqm;
  • The fine art photo paper it's satinated (semi-glossy), 140 gr/sqm.

Shipping & Returns

Dispatching time: 1-2 days.

* AirMail option: The orders will be sent by priority registered mail, usually via client National Post (USPS, Canada Post, Royal Mail, LaPoste, Deutsche Post, PostNL, etc). The delivery times are not guaranteed, sometimes it will take longer and these are beyond our control. Tracking number will be provided. Clients from US and Canada cannot track the parcels as the tracking numbers are not rolled in USPS and Canada Post systems.

* UPS standard: The orders will be sent with UPS expedited option. The delivery time it's between 5-11 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

* UPS express: : The orders will be sent with UPS express saver. The delivery time it's between 4-7 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

Framing tips

Both type of materials, paper and canvas prints come rolled and will be need to be taken to your local framers.

The image it's printed with a border of 0.6 " (1.5 cm), for framing purposes only.

If you have already a frame, be sure you send us the exact size of the print that will fit inside the frame. We're printing on vectorial plotters so the size could slightly be more or less with 0.4" (1 cm).

If you plan to have the canvas print stretched on wooden frame, you'll need additional border, so please let us know after placing the order.

The images above was cropped from the image at the biggest size available (keeping the best quality and aspect /ratio), so, for good details please choose biggest dimensions that will suit your preferences / space.

Care Instructions

The print media (canvas or photo paper) could be cleaned only with a dry, soft cloth.

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