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Totius orbis cogniti universalis descriptio [cartographic material]

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Date:

1593].

Reference:

R11981-451-6-E, Volume number: 26

Item no. (creator):

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection Item #26

Local class no.:

H3/10000/1589 (1593)

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3997585

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

World maps

Totius orbis cogniti universalis descriptio
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Date(s):

1593].

Place:

[Antwerp:

Place of creation:

Belgium

Publisher:

Gerrard de Jode,

Extent:

1 map : hand col. ; 34 x 49 cm on sheet 39 x 54 cm.

Language of material:

Dutch

Scope and content:

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This world map is on a rectangular projection, surmounted by the title set in a framed cartouche, with two small hemisphere maps at each of the upper corners.

Provenance:

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Jode, Cornelis de, 1568-1600

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Publisher: Jode, Gerard de, 1509-1591

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General note:

Pictorial relief.
Following text appears below the title: "Cui etiam eandem orbis terrae delineationem, duorum circulorum capacitate, huius de ; seriptionis mundi longittidinem documento admirantibus, adiecimirs. A.M.DLCCCIX"
On verso text titled "viniversi orbis tabvla I". in upper right corner "fol 1"
From: Cornelis de Jode's "Speculum orbis Terrae" 1589/1593
Copper plate engraving.

Custodial history:

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

Citation/reference note:

Shirley, Entry 165, Phillips, Entry 398, no 1, Phillips, Entry 399, Richard B. Arkway, Inc. Fine antique maps, atlases, globes and voyages books, catalogue 54, entry 22

Cartographic math data:

Scale indeterminate.

Availability of other formats note:

The microfiche version is NMC 27671

Exhibitions note:

This map was part of an exhibition held at The Royal Ontario Museum, March 1954 entitled "The Discovery & Mapping of the Great Lakes 'Sweet Water' 1522-1703 showcasing MacDonald's Collection., Canada on Maps 1564-1616: Stratford Festival Exhibition 1966.

Related material:

LAC holds a reproduction of the 1578 edition of Speculum orbis terrarum see: G1015 .J62 1578 .S5 1965 - fol. (AMICUS No. 26305483)

Subject heading:

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World - Maps - Early works to 1600

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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80101/245 CA
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Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]
Can be viewed in the presence of an early cartographic archivist.

Microfiche NMC27671

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11981]

[Consultation 90 Open]

26 Item no. assigned by LAC 26

[Consultation 90 Open]

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