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Pictorial relief.
Illustrated with sailing ship and sea monsters.
Decorative border consists of intricate and elegagnt lattice of strapwork swag. Th border contains four mediallions in the corners. The upper right and left medallions contain quotes from Cicero. The bottom right and left medallions contain quotes from Seneca. The cardinal on this addition is spelt Septemtrio instead of Septentrio.
The following quote appears in the border along the bottom of the map: Quid ei potest videri magnun in rebus humanis, cui aeter nitas omnis totiusque mundi nota sit magnitudo." Cicero.
On verso: text along right side titled" Le monde universel".

Paper tape attached to various edges of the map.

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

Shirley, Entry 158

Scale indeterminate (W180°--E 180°/N 80°--S 80°)

The microfiche version is NMC27668

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., Canada on Maps 1564-1616: Stratford Festival Exhibition 1966.

For other states and editions see: G1006 .T74 1588 - fol. Vault (AMICUS No. 26372477) map no.1 ; G1006 .T53 1606 .S5 1968 - fol. (AMICUS No. 26306056) ; G1006 .T5 1584 - fol. Vault (AMICUS No. 26306177) map no 1 ; G1006 .T56 1612 - fol. Vault (AMICUS No. 26306314) map no 1 (NMC 15009 )