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Mermaids seen due east as rare maps go on sale (This was on sale last weekend, but still a fun read)
One of the world's rarest atlases will go on sale in London next weekend and is expected to fetch over £500,000.
The full-colour Speculum Orbis Terrarum was produced in 1593 by the Belgian cartographer, Gerard De Jode. One of only two in the world, it will go on sale at the London Map Fair, held at the Royal Geographical Society in central London.
It is being sold by New York collector Bob Augustyn. A full-colour De Jode atlas is thought to have come up for sale only once in the past 50 years. That was sold by Lord Wardington of Oxfordshire for almost £300,000, in 2005, and was said to be in a poorer condition than this one.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mermaids-seen-due-east-as-rare-maps-go-on-sale-8640855.html