{"title":"Geography Rectified","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobert Morden’s small engraved maps offer a window onto the world known to English readers at the close of the seventeenth century. Originally published in \u003cem\u003eGeography Rectified\u003c\/em\u003e, first issued in London in 1680, they accompanied accounts of countries, peoples and customs, with practical information on trade, currencies, weights and measures. This selection dates from the enlarged fourth edition of 1700 and includes Barbados, Brazil, the Canary Islands and Madeira, Armenia and Georgia, and Ceylon (Sri Lanka) with the Maldives. Historical place names and compact geographical detail give these original antique maps both documentary interest and decorative appeal. The collection also includes the edition’s distinctive title page, printed in red and black.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"armenia-georgia-comania-caucasus-robert-morden-geography-rectified-1700-map-p-6-112376","title":"Armenia, Georgia \u0026 Comania—Caucasus—Robert Morden—Geography Rectified 1700 map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eArmenia, Georgia, Comania \u0026amp;c. By Rob. Morden [Of Armenia Major, Georgia, \u0026amp;c.]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn early English map of Armenia, Georgia and the Caucasus, engraved for Robert Morden's Geography Rectified and here from the enlarged fourth edition of 1700. Morden spans the region from the Crimea and the Sea of Azov across the Black Sea (\"Pontus Euxinus, Turcis Cara Denghis\") to the Caspian, naming Circassia, Mingrelia, Georgia with Teflis (Tbilisi), Ervan (the Yerevan region), Mount Ararat, Lake Van, Trebizond and Tauris (Tabriz), and marking the Ottoman provinces as \"Beg de\" Erzerum, Van and Sis. Titled \"Armenia \u0026amp; Georgia, Comania \u0026amp;c. By Robt. Morden\", the map sits above Morden's own text on the ancient and Turkish names of Armenia. First published in an earlier edition of the work and offered here from the 1700 printing, it is a compact, characterful record of the Caucasus where the Ottoman, Persian and Russian worlds met.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54231579885915,"sku":"P-6-112376","price":200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-6-112376a.jpg?v=1790884689"},{"product_id":"the-canarie-or-fortunate-ilands-canary-islands-madeira-robert-morden-1700-map-p-6-112377","title":"The Canarie or Fortunate Ilands—Canary Islands \u0026 Madeira—Robert Morden 1700 map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe Canarie or Fortunate Ilands by Rt. Morden [Of the Canary Islands]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRobert Morden's miniature map of the Canary Islands, Madeira and Porto Santo, from the enlarged fourth edition of Geography Rectified, London 1700. Inside a laurel wreath the title reads \"The Canarie or Fortunate Ilands by Rt. Morden\", echoing the classical Insulae Fortunatae, and the sea is boldly lettered \"The Atlantick Ocean\". All seven Canaries are drawn and named — Lancerota, Fortuentura, Canaria, Teneriffa with its Pico, Gomera, Palma and Ferro — with the Salvages (Selvagens) and Madeira above, on a numbered graticule. Morden's text beneath rehearses Pliny's and Ptolemy's names for the islands, and describes Lancerotta (Lanzarote) as the first made subject to the Crown of Castile, adding \"discovered 1393\" in that island's account. A charming early English map for collectors of the Canaries and the Atlantic islands.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54231579918683,"sku":"P-6-112377","price":210.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-6-112377a.jpg?v=1790884689"},{"product_id":"brazile-a-new-decription-south-america-robert-morden-s-map-of-brazil-1700-p-6-112378","title":"Brazile, A New Decription—South America—Robert Morden's map of Brazil 1700","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eBrazile, A New Decription by Robt. Morden [Of Brasile]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA neat early English map of the Brazilian coast, \"Brazile, A New Decription [sic] by Robt. Morden\", from Morden's Geography Rectified in its enlarged fourth edition of 1700. From the mouth of the Amazon on the Equator down to Rio de Janeiro and the island of S. Sebastian, Morden names the Portuguese captaincies and ports — Pará, Maranhão, Pernambuco with Olinda, Bahia de Todos os Santos, Ilhéos, Porto Seguro and Espírito Santo — with the Tapuya, Aymuré and Tupinambá peoples inland and a scrolled title cartouche. Below, Morden's text tells how \"the Country of the Holy Cross\" was discovered in 1501 and how Portugal and Spain each read the 1493 line of demarcation to their own advantage. An attractive piece of early Brazil cartography.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54231580049755,"sku":"P-6-112378","price":180.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-6-112378a.jpg?v=1790884689"},{"product_id":"the-maldives-and-ceylon-ilands-sri-lanka-south-india-robert-morden-1700-map-p-6-112379","title":"The Maldives and Ceylon Ilands —Sri Lanka \u0026 South India — Robert Morden 1700 map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe Maldives and Ceylon Ilands by Robt. Morden [Of the Isles in the Indian Sea]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRobert Morden's map of the Maldives and Ceylon, from the enlarged fourth edition of Geography Rectified, London 1700. Ceylon, with Candea (Kandy), Columbo, Jafanapatan, Trinquilemale and Adam's Peak, sits off the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of southern India — Calicut, Cochin, Cape Comorin, Negapatan, S. Thomé and Palicate — while the Maldive atolls stream south across the Equator with Malé at their centre, under French-derived names such as \"Cour de Sovadou\", and the \"Is. de Diego Royes\" lie to the south-west. A scrolled cartouche reads \"The Maldives and Ceylon Ilands by Robt. Morden\"; the printed heading \"Of the Isles in the Indian Sea\" and Morden's text stand above. A desirable subject for collectors of Sri Lanka, the Maldives and the Indian Ocean.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54231580082523,"sku":"P-6-112379","price":280.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-6-112379a.jpg?v=1790884689"},{"product_id":"the-island-of-barbados-west-indies-robert-morden-geography-rectified-1700-map-p-6-112380","title":"The Island of Barbados—West Indies—Robert Morden, Geography Rectified 1700 map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe Island of Barbados. By Robert Morden. [Of Barbado's]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRobert Morden's map of Barbados — an early English map of the island and a cornerstone for any Barbados collection — in its revised state from the enlarged fourth edition of Geography Rectified, London 1700. Morden packs the island with plantations and their owners' names, parish by parish from St Lucy to Christ Church, with Bridge Town, Speightstown (\"Litle Bristol\"), Holetown (\"Hale town\") and Carlisle Bay, a scale of English miles and a globe-crowned cartouche. This re-engraved plate, with latitude and longitude beneath the title and \"Page 70\" at top right, took its added plantation names from Richard Forde's survey of the island. Morden's text below calls Barbados \"the most considerable Island\" of the Caribbees, able to arm ten thousand fighting men.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54231580115291,"sku":"P-6-112380","price":300.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-6-112380a.jpg?v=1790884689"},{"product_id":"geography-rectified-robert-morden-4th-edition-title-page-red-black-1700-p-6-112381","title":"Geography Rectified—Robert Morden 4th edition title page—red \u0026 black 1700","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Geography Rectified: or, A Description of the World, In all its Kingdoms, Provinces, Countries, Islands, Cities, Towns, Seas, Rivers, Bays, Capes, Ports; Their Ancient and Present Names, Inhabitants, Situations, Histories, Customs, Governments, \u0026amp;c. ... Illustrated with Seventy eight Maps. The Fourth Edition, Enlarged... By Robert Morden.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe title page of Robert Morden's Geography Rectified: or, A Description of the World in its enlarged fourth edition, London 1700 — the source of Morden's miniature maps and a natural companion to any of them. Printed in red and black within double rules, it advertises the work's seventy-eight maps and its comparison of foreign \"Commodities, Coins, Weights, and Measures\" with those at London, and carries the imprint for R. Morden and T. Cockerill, sold by M. Fabian in Mercers' Chapel Porch, Cheapside, and Ralph Smith at the Bible under the Exchange in Cornhill. Morden, at the Atlas in Cornhill, was one of London's leading mapsellers; this compendium ran through four editions between 1680 and 1700. Printed text complete; edges frayed, with small losses to the blank margins.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54231580148059,"sku":"P-6-112381","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-6-112381a.jpg?v=1790884689"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/collections\/geography-rectified.oembed","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}