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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.

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Date:

1572].

Reference:

R11981-456-5-E, Volume number: 16

Item no. (creator):

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection Item #16

Local class no.:

H3/10000/1571/(1572)

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4002291

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

World maps

Sacræ geographiæ tabulam ex antiquissimorum cultor, familiis a mose recensitis
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Date(s):

1572].

Place:

[Antwerp :

Place of creation:

Belgium

Publisher:

Plantin,

Extent:

1 map : ill., hand col, ; 2 hemispheres each 26 cm. in diam., on sheet 37 x 53.

Language of material:

Hebrew

Scope and content:

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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.

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Arias Montano, Benedicto, 1527-1598
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Publisher: Plantin, Christophe, ca. 1520-1589

World in the Bible - Maps - Early works to 1800
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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 27664

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.

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Pars orbis : duorum qui occiduas partes incoluerunt nomina & sedes incertis parentibus [cartographic material]
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World - Maps - Early works to 1800

Genealogy in the Bible - Maps - Early works to 1800
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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80101/245 CA
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Cartographic material

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

Microfiche NMC27664

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11981]

[Consultation 90 Open]

16 Item no. assigned by LAC 16

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit Library and Archives Canada.
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