MERCATOR,G./ HONDIUS,J. - Polus Arcticus cum vicinis re:gionibus.

Map of the North Pole regions from the 1608 second edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.
A reduction of the 1606 Mercator-Hondius folio map (which is a later state of the 1595 Mercator copperplate).
Shortly after the publication of the big folio-atlases the need was apparently felt for a smaller-sized atlas, one that would be handier and above all, cheaper.
The Atlas Minor was larger in format than other small atlases available at the time allowing for significantly greater detail and more place names than found in its rivals.