Petrus Bertius Map of Burgundy, Burgandiae Com, France 1612. This minature Bertius antique map of Burgundy, France, is from the German edition of ‘Tabularum geographicarum contractarum…’ published in 1612. This map of Burgundy is attractive with clear engraving; a number of cities are noted such as Dole, Besancon, Vennes, Vesoul, [continue reading]
Bertius Map of Bengal, India 1603 – Bengala Petrus Bertius was a professor of mathematics and librarian at Leyden University in Holland. He is known for his miniature world atlas ‘Tabularum geographicarum contractarum’. Although not an actual mapmaker himself, Bertius’s text was embellished with maps from the foremost engravers of [continue reading]