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Copperplate engraving.
First printed map of present day central Canada. Depicts the area west of Hochelaga at an early stage in its cartographic representation
From: Wytfliet, Corneille. Descriptionis Ptolemaicae augmentvm . Louvanni : Tijpus Iohannis Bogardi, 1597. Plate 15. This was the first separately published atlas with all the maps entirely devoted to North America
State of map determined based on the the fact that "The name of the island at the entrance to the inland sea is removed and that above the 280° meiridian the name is spelled Higuater instead of Hignater" - Burden and Kershaw.
Relief shown pictorially.

Copy has been conserved and mounted on paper.

Part of the Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection purchased by the Public Archives of Canada in 1981.

Burden, Entry 100, State 3., Kershaw, Entry 39, State 3., Phillips, Entry 3644, no 15., Koeman, v. 3, p. 219, Entry Wyt 1A, no (15), Phillips, Entry 1140, no 15., Koeman, v. 3, p. 219 Entry Wyt 1B.

Text in Latin.

[Scale [ca. 1:17 800 000] (W 120°--W 70°/N 75°--N 40°)

The microfiche version is NMC 175461

This map was part of an exhibition held at The Royal Ontario Museum, April 1958 entitled "Up North: The Discovery and Mapping of the Canadian Arctic, 1511-1944" showcasing MacDonald's Collection., Plotting the Land of Ontario 1564-1919, A joint exhibit by the Canadiana Department, R.O.M, MacDonald Ophthalmic Foundation, Ontario department of Public Records and Archives to coincide with the 5th Annual Conference of the Association of Canadian Map Libraries, May 26-28th, 1971, Discovery and Mapping of Upper Canada: An exhibition held at the Canadiana Department, Royal Ontario Museum, May - December 1967

For other copies see: Mikan 3964130 (NMC 175462) ; G3400/1597/.W95/H3 (AMICUS No 27931140) (NMC 6403)