Collection search - Universalis orbis descriptio: [cartographic material] cogimur e tabula pictos ediscere mundos

Pictorial relief.
Illustrated with sea creatures and ships.
In upper left corner inset map depicting North and South America
In upper right corner inset map depicting Europe, Asia nad Africa
Lower left and right margin contain boxes with quotes from Cicero.
The following quote appears in the bottom portion of the decorative margin " Cogimur e tabula pictos ediscre mundos"
From Myritius's "Opusculum geographicum rarum, totius ejus negotii rationem, mira industria et brevitate complectens, iam recens ex diversorum libris ac chartis, summa cura ac diligentia collectum & publicatum", Ingolstadii, 1590
Publishing information from the DIGMAP website.

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

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

Shirley, Entry 175, Wagner, Entry 162, Sabin, Entry 51650, http://www.arkway.com/pdfs/Cat65.pdf, Entry 26.

Scale indeterminate.

The microfiche version is NMC27670