Description:

FULL TITLE: Rostochium urbs Vandalica Anseatica et Megapolitana

Rostock is a city in northern Germany. It is the largest city in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. In the 11th century there was a Slavic settlement at the Warnow river called Roztoc (which means broadening of a river). The rise of the city began with its membership in the Hanseatic League. In the 14th century it was a powerful seaport town with 12,000 inhabitants and the biggest city of Mecklenburg.

Publication: Civitates Orbis Terrarum 1598

‘...Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg’s Civitates Orbis Terrarum, stands as one of the greatest monuments of late 16th and early 17th Century European cartography. Published in Cologne, Germany in a series of six volumes between 1572 and 1617/8, and, when finally completed, comprising nearly 550 City views and plans, the Civitates is also one of the most valuable sources for the study of Renaissance urban cartography. ‘ - Roderick M Barron.

Folds as given.

ConditonGG

CartographerBraun & Hogenberg

Date1598

TechniqueCopper Engraving

ColourUncoloured

Width (cms) x Height (cms)56.0 x 42.0

Ref: WC0733