Mercator's own account of the reasons for choosing King Atlas are given in the preface of the 1595 atlas. A translation by David Sullivan is available in a digital version of the atlas published by Octavo. The text is freely available at the New York Society LibraryԱրխիվացված Մարտ 10, 2016 Wayback Machine, pdf page 104 (corresponding to p34 of Sullivan's text).
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Mercator's own account of the reasons for choosing King Atlas are given in the preface of the 1595 atlas. A translation by David Sullivan is available in a digital version of the atlas published by Octavo. The text is freely available at the New York Society LibraryԱրխիվացված Մարտ 10, 2016 Wayback Machine, pdf page 104 (corresponding to p34 of Sullivan's text).
