Clearly, states constitute an indispensahle tool for dating maps. Such information allows loose maps to be linked to specific editions. However, this sounds simpler than it turns out to be. It is my firm conviction that a more meticulous and systematic analysis than the customary informal analysis by eye (i.e. perhaps by computerised flatbed image scanning) would reveal many more states of each plate than have been identified so far.

Regular atlas maps

No.	Name	period of usage	number printed	remarks
1.	Typus Orbis Terrarum	1570L-1584L	3250
2.	Americae	1570L-1575L	1675
3.	Asiae	1570L-1574L	1575
4.	Africae	1570L-1612S	7300
5.	Europae	1570L-1581F	3025
6.	Angliae, Scotiae & Hiberniae	1570L-1612S	7300
7.	Regni Hispaniae	1570L-1612S	7300
8.	Portugalliae	1570L-1612S	7300
9.	Galliae	1570L-1603L	5650
10.	Biturgum-Limaniae	1570L-1612S	7200	not in 1598D
11.	Caletensum-Veromandgrum	1570L-1598D	4450
12.	Galliae Narbonensis-Sabaudiae	1570L-1581F	3025
13.	Germaniae	1570L-1602G	5350
14.	Germaniae Inferioris	1570L-1606E	5950
15.	Gelriae, Cliviae	1570L-1612S	7300	not in 1592 Land some 1595L
16.	Brabantiae	1570L-1592L	4150
17.	Flandriae	1570L-1575L	1675
18.	Zeelandicarum	1570L-1612S	7300
19.	Hollandiae Catthorum	1570L-1612S	7300
20.	Opst en West Friesland	1570L-1612S	7300
21.	Daniae Regnum	1570L-1581F	3025
22.	Thietmarsiae-Prussiae	1570L-1581F	3025
23.	Saxoniae-Misniae-Thuringiae	1570L-1612S	7300
24.	Franconiae-Osnabrugensis	1570L-1612S	7300
25.	Regni Bohemiae	1570L-1612S	7300
26.	Silesiae	1570L-1592L	4150
27.	Austriae	1570L-1592L	4250	also in 1598D used side by side
28.	Salisburgensis	1570L-1595L	4250	with 135/IV in 1595L
29.	Typus Vindelicae	1570L-1573G	1250
30.	Bavariae-Wirtembergensis	1570L-1581F	2875
31.	Helvetiae	1570L-1612S
32.	Italiae	1570L-1581F	2875
33.	Ducatus Mediolanensis	1570L-1612S	7300
34.	Pedemontanae	1570L-1612S	7300
35.	Como-Romae-Friuli	1570L-1612S	7300
36.	Thusciae	1570L-1612S	7300
37.	Regni Neapolitani	1570L-1612S	7300
38.	Insularum Aliquot	1570L-1612S	7300
39.	Cyprus-Candia	1570L-1581F	2875
40.	Graeciae	1570L-1612S	7300
41.	Sclavoniae-Croatiae-Carniae	1570L-1612S	7225
42.	Hungariae	1570L-1612S	7300
43.	Transylvaniae	1570L-1575L	1675
44.	Poloniae	1570L-1595L	4250	used side by side with 135/IV in 1595L
45.	Septentrionalium Regionum	1570L-1612S	7300
46.	Russiae	1570L-1612S	7300
47.	Tartariae	1570L-1612S	7300
48.	Indiae Orientalis	1570L-1612S	7025	not in 1598F
49.	Persici	1570L-1612S	7300
50.	Turcici Imperii	1570L-1575L	1675
51.	Palestinae	1570L-1575L	1675
52.	Natoliae-Aegypti-Cartaginis	1570L-1612S	7300
53.	Barbariae et Biledulgerud	1570L-1612S	7300
53/I.	Hannoniae	never regularly in atlas		5 copies known with date 1572 one without date
54.	Scotiae	1573GI-1612S	6275
55.	Angliae	1573GI-1602L	4625	also in 1606E
56.	Cambriae Typus	1573GI-1612S	6275
57.	Hiberniae	1573GI-1603L	3925
58.	Mansfeldiae	1573GI-1612S	5850
59.	Thuringiae-Misniae	1573GI-1612S	6025
60.	Moraviae	1573GI-1612S	6025
61.	Basiliensis-Sueviae	1573GI-1612S	6175	not in 1598D
62.	Rhetiae-Goritiae	1573GI-1612S	6175	not in 1598D
63.	Fori lulii	1573GI-1612S	6175	not in 159BD
64.	Patavini-Apuliae	3825	also in 1598D. 1598F
65.	Senensis-Corsica-Anconae	1573GI-1612S	6275
66.	Cypri Insulae	1573GI-1612S	6275
67.	Carinthiae-Histriae-Zarae	1573GI-1612S	6275
68.	Pomeraniae-Livoniae-Oswiec.	1573GI-1612S	6275
69.	Presbiteri Johannis	1573GI-1612S	6275
70.	Bavariae	1573LI-1612S	6100
71.	Illyricum	1573LI-1612S	6000	not in 1598D
71/1.	Asiae	1575L-1612S	3625
72.	Hispaniae Nova	1579LII-1612S	5875
73.	Culicaniae, Hispaniolae, Cub	1579LII-1612S	5875
74.	Hispalensis Conventus	1579LII-1612S	5875
75.	Pictonum	1579LII-1612S	5875
76.	Anjou	1579LII-1612S	5775	not in 1598D
77.	Picardiae	1579LII-1612S	5875
78.	Burgundiae	1579LII-1612L	4275	not in 1589G, 1598D. 1603L.1612I, 1612S
79.	Lutzemburgensis	1579LII-1612S	5875
80.	Namurcum	1579LII-1612S	5875
81.	Hannoniae	1579LII-1581F	1450
82.	Artois	1579LII-1584F	1725
83.	Frisia Occidentalis	1579LII-1612S	5875
84.	Frisiae Orientalis	1579LII-1592L	2725
85.	Westphaliae	1579UI-1612S	5875
86.	Hassiae-Holsatiae	1579LII-1592L	2725	also in 1598F
87.	Bughaviae-Waldeccensis	1579LII-1612S	5775	not in 1598D
88.	Wirtenberg Ducatus	1579LII-1612S	5775	not in 1598D
89.	Veronae Urbis	1579LII-1612S	5775	not in 1598D
90.	Agri Cremonensis	1579LII-1612S	5775	not in 1598D
91.	Ungariae Loca	1579LII-1612S	5775	not in 1598D
92.	Turcici Imperii	1579L-1612S	5625
93	Palestinae	1579L-1592L	2725
93/I	Americae	1579L-1584L	1575
93/II	Flandria	1579L-1589G	2375	also in some 1592L
93/III	Transilvania	1579L-1612S	5625

93/IV.	Valentiae	none		only one copy known
94.	Bavariae-Argentoratensis	1584LIII-1612S	4425
95.	Acores	1584LIII-1612S	4425
96.	Burgundiae Inferioris	1584LIII-1612S	4075	not in 1598D. 1602S
97.	Chinae	1584LIII-1612S	4425
98.	Candia-Archipelagi	1584LIII-1612S	4425
99.	Carpetaniae-Guipuscoae	1584LIII-1612S	4425
100.	Leodiensis	1584LIII-1595L	1575
101.	Daniae-Oldenburg	1584LIII-1612S	3975	also with 109, 130
102.	Perusini Agri	1584LIII-1612S	4325	not in 1598D
103.	Peruviae-Florida-Guastecan	1584LIII-1612S	4425
104.	Prussiae	1584LIII-1595L	1575
105.	Romaniae	1584LIII-1612S	4325	not in 1598D
106.	Terra Sancta	1584LIII-1612S	4425
107.	Valentiae	1584LIII-1612S	4325	not in 1598D
108.	Gallia Narb.-Sabaud.-Venux.	1584LIII-1612S	4425
109.	Holsatiae-Ruglae	1584LIII-1612S	4425	also with 101, 86
110.	Europae	1584L-1612S	4425
111.	Hannoniae	1584L-1612S	4175	not in 1602G
112.	Italiae	1584L-1612S	4425
112/I	Typus Orbis	1588S	300	used side by side with
113.	Typus Orbis	1587F-1612S	3850	113, 1587-1589
114.	Americae	1587F-1612S	4150
115.	Artesia	1587F-1612S	3800	not in 1598D, 1602G
116.	Burgundia Comitatus	1589G & 1603L	450
116/I	Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae	1589	composite	few noted by A Kelly
117.	Aprutti	1590LIV-1612S	3450	not in 1598D
118.	Brandenburgensis	1590LIV-1612S	3553
119.	Bresciano	1590LIV-1612S	3450	not in 1598D
120.	Ischia	1590UV-1612S	3550
121.	Islandia	1590LIV-1612S	3200	not in 1598F, 1602G
122.	Lotharingiae	1590LIV-1612S	3550
123.	Braunswicensis-Norimbergae	1590LIV-1612S	3550
124.	Maris Pacifici	1590LIV-1612S	3550
125.	Flandria	1592L-1612S	3450
126.	Brabantiae	1592L-1612S	3450
126/I.	Gelriae Cliviae	1592L	300	also in some 1595L
127.	Cenomanorum-Neustria	1595LV-1612S	3050	not in 1598F, 15980
128.	Provinciae	1595LV-1612S	3150	not in 1598D
129.	Hennebergensis-Hassiae	1595LV-1612S	3050	not in 1598F 1598D also with 86
130.	Daniae-Cimbriae	1595LV-1612S	3150	not in 15980. also with 101
131.	Patavini-Tarvisini	1595LV-1612S	3050	not in 1598F, 1598D
132.	Florentini	1595LV-1612S	3150	not in 1598D
133.	Apuliae-Calabriae	1595LV-1612S	3050	not in 1598F, 1598D
134.	Iaponiae	1595LV-1612S	3250
135.	Fessae et Marocchi	1595LV-1612S	3250
135/I.	Frisiae Orientalis	1595L-1612S	3150
135/II.	Silesiae	1595L-1612S	3150
135/III.	Gallia	none	2?	never regularly in cluded, cartouche from Mercator, Zeelandia
135/IV.	Poloniae Lithuaniae	1595L-1612S	3050	used side by side with 44 in 1595L
135/V.	Salisburgensis	1595L-1612S	3050	used side by side with 28 in 1595 L
135/VI.	Palestinae	1595L-1612S	2550	not in 1598F, 1602S. 1602G
136.	Isle de France	1598F-1612S	2850
137.	Tourraine	1598F-1612S	2850
138.	Blaisois-Lemovicum	1598F-1612S	2850
139.	Caletensium-Veromanduorum	1598F-1612S	2850
140.	Austriae	1595L-1612S	3050	not in 1598D
141.	Prussiae	1598F-1612S	2850
141/I.	Leodiensis	1598F-1612S	2850
142.	Burgundiae Ducatus-Comitatus	1602S-1612S	1300	not in 1606E, 16081
143.	Angtia Regnum	1603L	300	also in some 1602G, 1602S. 16081, 1609L, 1610D
144.	Cataloniae Principatus	1603L-1612S	1350	not in 1606E
145.	Reyno de Galizia	1598D-1612S	1750
146=116.
147.	Deutschlandt	1603L-1612S	2050
148.	Angliae et Hiberniae	1606E-1612S	1650
149.	Irlandiae	1606E-1612S	1650
150.	Gallia	1606E-1612S	1650
151.	Limburgensis Ducatus	1606E-1612S	1650
152.	Lacus Lemani	1608I-1612S	1050
153.	Inferioris Germaniae	16081-1612S	1050
154.	Bononiense-Vicentini	16081-1612S	1050
155.	Reipublicae Genuensis	16081-1612S	1050
156.	Parmae et Placentiae	16081-1612S	1050
157.	Ducatus Ferrariensis	1608I-1612S	1050
158.	Romagna olim Flaminia	1608I-1612S	1050
159.	Ducatus Urbini	16081-1612S	1050

All regular atlas maps (174 plates)

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