This map of four islands in the British Isles is from the ‘Atlas Minor’ by Johannes Cloppenburg. It was the least successful of the three ‘Minor’ versions of Gerard Mercator’s ‘Atlas’. It was published in just three editions: 1630, 1632, and 1636. The reasons for this are unknown but may have something to do with the fact that when the plates reappeared some forty years later, they were in the hands of Johannes Janssonius’ descendants. Janssonius had first published a rival slightly smaller atlas in 1628. It is possible he bought this the largest of the three works to remove the competition. The copperplates for this work were engraved by Pieter van den Keere. This map is ultimately derived from the folio first published by Gerard Mercator in 1595. That of Anglesey appears to have been derived from the Christopher Saxton map from 1579. The Isle of Wight appears to be derived from the Baptista Boazio map of the island from 1591 with the notable alteration to the size of the sandbank off the northeast coast. Guernsey is reasonably accurate and bears a remarkable similarity to the manuscript prepared by Reyner Wolfe c.1565. Indeed, every placename on the manuscript is repeated here with no additional names. That of Jersey is derived from the manuscript by John Norden (British Library Add. MS. 31,853) presented to Queen Elizabeth. In 1673 the maps are seen again in a Latin edition by Jan Jansson van Waesberge, the son-in-law of Joannes Janssonius. A second, Dutch edition appeared in 1676. For these editions the shot silk effect sea is removed. In 1734 the maps were used again in the Atlas Portatif by Henri du Sauzet. Some examples of this atlas can be dated from the maps to 1735 and 1738. This includes maps in the latest known state and could be given a date of c.1738. All these later editions are extremely rare and lack text on the reverse or letterpress titles above. For the final du Sauzet edition pagination is engraved on the plate in the top right-hand corner. Koeman ME 198 no. 23 & ME 208; Van der Krogt, P. (1997-2010) 353:41; Phillips 5971; refer Shirley (2004) T.Sauz 1a; Tooley’s Dictionary (1999-2004).