Mapping the towns of Europe: The European towns in Braun & Hogenberg's Town Atlas, 1572-1617

Introduction “The Civitates is one of the great books of the World, () a wonderful compendium of knowledge of life in Europe in the sixteenth century, () it gives a visual printed record of m

by Joris (after) Hoefnagel

Map of Tricarico, from 'Cities of the World' by Georg Braun (1541-1622) and Frans Hogenberg (1535-90) c.1572-1617 (coloured engraving)

Civitates Orbis Terrarum - Braun / Hogenberg 1574–1618 - Ziereis

Map of Paris, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Georg Braun and

London]. Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg. Londinum, feracissimi

Chapter 10 Worlds Apart: The Four Continents and the Civitates

Allegorical atlas title page by Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg

Lutetia vulgari Nomine Paris, Urbs Galliae Maxima, Sequana

Chapter 10 Worlds Apart: The Four Continents and the Civitates

Figure 7 from Deeping in the genetics of medium-sized cities

Example of a landscape: Alhama de Granada (Hebrew University of

Paris Map from Civitates Orbis Terrarrum by Georg Braun and

Avignon

ROUEN, NIMES & BORDEAUX VIEWS, c 1572 Braun Hogenberg [M-818

Civitas Francofordiana Ad Mo: - Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique

Review: Hogenberg & Braun's Cities of the World by Stephan Füssel