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The Queen Mary Atlas is a truly royal gift: the English Catholic Queen Mary I Tudor (1516-1558) commissioned the precious map work as a gift for her husband Philip II (1527-1598), who later became King of Spain. The 9 double-page maps allowed him, as a proven map lover, to envision his future world empire. The famous Portuguese cartographer Diego Homem (1521-1576) was responsible for this masterpiece of early modern #cartography transferring the entire world known in Europe at the time in the most artistic way onto parchment. Particularly impressive are the maps of the just recently “discovered” New World, which bear witness to the findings of the many Portuguese expeditions in the 60 years following #Columbus. The coastlines are characterized by astonishing accuracy and the atlas contains the earliest cartographic representation of Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy. With his large-format, splendidly colorful and gold-decorated maps, Homem undoubtedly created one of the most beautiful atlases in the history of books.
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