Typus Orbis Terrarium - an Elizabethan world map with Jesus Christ inset showing mythical lands by Matthias Quad, 1596 art print poster canvas gift Size:Large poster (or Canvas) 17.4x23.7 inches / 44.3x60.3 cm "Premiere ascension du ballon a

"Premiere ascension du ballon a l'aire chaude

Prince of Wahlstatt

including the Crystal Palace

between two noted Capes or Headlands

Typus Orbis Terrarium - an Elizabethan world map with Jesus Christ inset showing mythical lands by Matthias Quad, 1596 art print poster canvas gift Size:Large poster (or Canvas) 17.4x23.7 inches / 44.3x60.3 cm "Premiere ascension du ballon a"TYPUS ORBIS TERRARUM, AD IMITATIONEM UNIVERSALIS GERHARDI MERCATORIS" a scarce Elizabethan early world map with a figure of Jesus Christ on the left and showing an array of mythical lands and places, engraved by Matthias Quad and printed and hand coloured by Johann Bussemacher in 1596 in Cologne. Matthias Quad (15571613) was an engraver and cartographer from Cologne. Matthias Quad was born and learnt engraving in the Netherlands. An engraver in wood