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Septentrionalium terrarum descriptio. Per Gerardium Mercatorem cum privilegio [cartographic material]

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Date:

[1595] [1602].

Reference:

Local class no.: 10000/[1595](1602) H3, Box number: 2000235596

Local class no.:

10000/[1595](1602) H3

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3681390

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Septentrionalium terrarum descriptio. Per Gerardium Mercatorem cum privilegio
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Date(s):

[1595] [1602].

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Place of creation:

Belgium

Extent:

1 map : colour; polar projection; 33.5 cm in diameter, on sheet 40.5 x 48.0 cm.

Language of material:

Latin

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This is the first printed map of the Northern hemisphere from the Arctic pole to 60 degrees north latitude which was originally published in 1595. The map shows the explorations of Frobisher (1576-78) and Davis (1585-87).

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Mercator, Gerardus, 1512-1594

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General note:

Originally published in Atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundia et fabrica figura.
Map is surrounded by a decorative border with 4 circular insets, one containing the title while the other three depict the following islands: Friflant infula. 6 cm in diam. -- Farre Infule. 6 cm in diam. -- Scetland infula. 6 cm in diam.

Custodial history:

Purchased by the Public Archives of Canada in September 1980 from a Ottawa map dealer.

Citation/reference note:

Burden, Entry 88, State 1, 1602 Latin edition., Kershaw, Entry 21C, vol 1, p 29, first state of 2nd Latin edition of 1602., Stéfano Biondo, Joë Bouchard et Louis-Edmond Hamelin, L'apparition du Nord selon Gérard Mercator, Québec, Septentrion, 2013.

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: Magnetic Norths. Curator: Charles Stankievech, Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec; 2010.02.24 - 2010.04.17, Exhibition Title: Death in the Ice - The Mystery of the Franklin Expedition. Curator: Karen Ryan. Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec; 2018.03.02-2018.09.30., Exhibition Title: Treasured Memories 6: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition. Curator: Michel Anne Crawley, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2002.02.18 - 2002.11.17, Exhibition title: Unexpected: Surprising Treasures from Library and Archives Canada. Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec; 2022.12.09 - 2023.11.26.

Date of issue:

Date of issue based on information in Burden and Kershaw.

Related material:

For other copies and editions see: Mikan 3819652 (NMC 27814) ; H3/10000/[1623] (NMC 8089)

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2000235596 : (& TEXT)

Subject heading:

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Arctic regions Early works to 1800

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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80101/120
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Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

Microfiche NMC16097

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Box [10000 WORLD [1595](1602)] 2000235596

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Copy negative [80101/120] C101874

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada / e004414662
Copyright: Expired

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