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Europe; Asia; America; Africa. [cartographic material]

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Item

Date:

[1605].

Reference:

R11981-465-6-E, Volume number: 30

Item no. (creator):

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection #30

Local class no.:

H3/10000/[1598]

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4153312

Context of this record:

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

World maps

Europe; Asia; America; Africa.
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

[1605].

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

4 maps on 1 sheet hand col. ; 18 x 24 cm on sheet 45 x 60 cm.

Language of material:

Italian

Scope and content:

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The four maps cover Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.

Additional name(s):

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Rosaccio, Giuseppe, ca. 1530-ca. 1620

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General note:

Land coloured bright yellow and green
Pictorial relief.
Copperplate engraving.
A windhead appears in center of top margin of the Asia map
"Gioseppe Rasatio" appears in the lower left margin of the Asia map.

Physical description note:

Four maps attached at the top of each map to one sheet of paper. The tape used to attached the map and the paper mounting do not appear to be of archival quality.

Custodial history:

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

Citation/reference note:

Burden, Entry 149

Cartographic math data:

Scale indeterminate.

Availability of other formats note:

The microfiche version is NMC27674

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.

Date of issue:

Date of issue based on information in Burden. (Rosaccio's signature on the bottom left margin of the Asia sheet. The dimensions of the America sheet and the words Mar Pacifico in a boxed out area of the engraved sea of that sheet.

Related material:

For other edition see AMICUS No. 26306155 (G1015 .R67 1688 - Vault)

Container note(s):

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30 : Former container label was "10000 WORLD [1605]"
Subject heading:

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World - Maps - Early works to 1600

North America Early works to 1600

Africa Early works to 1600

Europe- Maps - Early works to 1600

Asia- Maps - Early works to 1600

South America 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 NMC27674

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11981] 30

[Consultation 90 Open]

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