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Orbis descriptio [cartographic material]

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Date:

1561].

Reference:

R11981-460-7-E, Volume number: 10

Item no. (creator):

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection Item #10

Local class no.:

H3/10000/[1561?]

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4002445

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

World maps

Orbis descriptio
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Date(s):

1561].

Place:

[In Venetia :

Place of creation:

Italy

Publisher:

Appresso Vincenzo Valgrisi,

Extent:

1 map : b.&w. ; 2 hemispheres each 12.5 cm in diam. on sheet 21 x 27 cm.

Language of material:

Italian

Scope and content:

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Ruscelli's map of the world from his Geografia, the first double hemisphere world map to appear in an Atlas.The right hemisphere represents the Old World and the left the New World.Terra Incognita is distinctly shown as a land bridge linking Asia and North America with its coastline labeled Littus incognitum. There is no southern continent.

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Ruscelli, Girolamo

Additional name(s):

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Ptolemaeus, Claudius

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General note:

Copperplate engraving.
From: La geografia di Clavdio Tolomeo Alessandrino
Pictorial relief

Custodial history:

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

Citation/reference note:

Wagner, vol. II, Entry 54., Shirley, Entry 110, Phillips, Entry 371

Cartographic math data:

Scale indeterminate (E 180°--W 180°/N 90° --S 90°)

Availability of other formats note:

The microfiche version is NMC 27660

Exhibitions note:

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.

Related material:

For other copies and or editions see: G1005 1574 - fol. Vault (AMICUS No. 26306184) ; G1005 1561 - fol. Vault (AMICUS No. 26306191) ; Mikan 4141740 (NMC 27665)

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10 : former container label: H3/10000/[1561?]

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 NMC27660

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11981]

[Consultation 90 Open]

10 Item no. assigned by LAC 10

[Consultation 90 Open]

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