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Indiarum Orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio [cartographic material] Pet. Maffei Historiae Harum Verissimae Dedicata.

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Date:

1589.

Reference:

R11981-470-X-E, Volume number: 24

Item no. (creator):

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection #24

Local class no.:

H3/10000/1589

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4153295

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

World maps

Indiarum Orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio
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Date(s):

1589.

Place:

[Cologne]:

Place of creation:

Germany

Publisher:

s.n.,

Extent:

1 map : ill., hand col. ; 26 x 48 cm on sheet 32 x 52 cm.

Language of material:

Italian

Scope and content:

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This is a very scarce Italian map based on Ortelius' first world map. The strapwork title cartouche obscures the northern regions, making the huge southern continent appear even more prominent. The map is embellished with strapwork designs in the corners, with a ship and sea monsters in the oceans. Maffei's account of the Portuguese accomplishments throughout India and the Far East was first published in 1588.

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Engraver: Maffei, Giovanni Pietro, 1536?-1603

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General note:

Pictoral relief.
From: Maffei's "Historiarum Indicarum libri XVI ", 1589

Note on the state of conservation:

On the verso of the map, brown adhesive tape in upper right and left corners.

Custodial history:

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

Citation/reference note:

Shirley, Entry 166, Public Archives of Canada, Sixteenth - Century Maps relating to Canada: a check-list and bibliography, (Ottawa, 1956), no.666, Wagner, Entry 172, Sabin, Entry 43772

Cartographic math data:

Scale inderterminate.

Availability of other formats note:

The microfiche version is NMC8140, C-Neg: 101848

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:

For other edition or state see: DS411 .7 M2 1588 fol. - NO ILL (AMICUS No. 13266598)

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24 : Former container label 10000 WORLD 1589

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]
Original can be viewed in the presence of an early cartographic archivist. Microfiche version is open

Microfiche NMC8140

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11981]

[Consultation 90 Open]

24 Item no. assigned by LAC 24

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright: Expired
Credit: Library and Archives Canada.

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