Collection search - Sacræ geographiæ tabulam ex antiquissimorum cultor, familiis a mose recensitis [cartographic material] / Benedict. Arias Montanus ; ad sacrorum libror, explicandor, commoditatem Antvverpiæ in Philippi Regis Catholici Gratiam desribebat, 1571.
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Sacræ geographiæ tabulam ex antiquissimorum cultor, familiis a mose recensitis [cartographic material] / Benedict. Arias Montanus ; ad sacrorum libror, explicandor, commoditatem Antvverpiæ in Philippi Regis Catholici Gratiam desribebat, 1571.
Date:1572].Reference:R11981-456-5-E, Volume number: 16Item no. (creator):Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection Item #16Local class no.:H3/10000/1571/(1572)Type of material:Maps and cartographic materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:4002291Date(s):1572].Place:[Antwerp :Place of creation:BelgiumPublisher:Plantin,Extent:1 map : ill., hand col, ; 2 hemispheres each 26 cm. in diam., on sheet 37 x 53.Language of material:HebrewScope and content:Map of the world showing how the descendants of Noah repopulated the Earth following the Great Flood. Text includes panels in Latin and Hebrew reproducing the Table of Nations which lists the descendants of Noah starting with his three sons, Japheth, Ham and Shem and the countries that they and their descendants founded.Provenance:Additional name(s):Additional information:General note:Title at head of map: Pars orbis : duorum qui occiduas partes incoluerunt nomina & sedes incertis parentibus
This double hemisphere map issuurounded by cluds and cherubs. It is aslo illustrated with ships and seamonsters.
"Appendix Col. 553" appears in bottom right corner.
Second state of the map based on text in lower left panel reading Ioktan gentes. This state also has the cherub at the head of the western hemispher unambiguously gazing to the left
From Palntin's Polyglot Bible.
Pictorial relief.Custodial history:Part of the Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection purchased by the Public Archives of Canada in 1981.Citation/reference note:Shirley, Entry 125.Language note:Text in Latin and Hebrew.Cartographic math data:Scale indeterminable.Availability of other formats note:The microfiche version is NMC 27664Exhibitions 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.Varying form of title:Subject heading:Source:PrivateOther accession no.:80101/245 CA -
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Original can be viewed in the presence of an early cartographic archivist.Microfiche NMC27664[Consultation Open]Volume [R11981][Consultation Open]16 Item no. assigned by LAC 16[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Credit Library and Archives Canada.
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