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Septentrionalum Terrarum Descriptio. Per Gerardum Mercatorem cum privilegio. [cartographic material]

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[1623]

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Local class no.: H3/10000/[1613] (copy 2) See/Voir: Arch. Ref. no. R11981-261-1-E, H3/10000/[1623] (copy 1), Box number: 2000235606

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H3/10000/[1613] (copy 2) See/Voir: Arch. Ref. no. R11981-261-1-E, H3/10000/[1623] (copy 1)

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4153617

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Maps, plans and charts

10000 - The World

Septentrionalum Terrarum Descriptio. Per Gerardum Mercatorem cum privilegio.
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Date(s):

[1623]

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Place of creation:

Canada

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s.n.,

Extent:

1 map : Print ; 35.0 x 38.0.

Language of material:

English

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Mercator, Gerardus, 1512-1594

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Frislant insula; 5.6 diam. Farre insule; 6.5 diam. Scetland insulae; 5.6 diam.
See first state (2 copies); 10,000/[1595]; copy 1; This is the second state of the plate, which appeared in Mercator's atlases from 1606 to 1636. See Verner, Northpart of Am., pp261-62. According to Verner, based on the Textual material on the verso, of copy 1, this plate appeared in a 1613 or 1623 Latin edition of the atlas. Ed.
This fascinating map by Mercator shows in, polar projection fashion, that part of the world within and slightly below the Arctic Circle. The most interesting features of the map are the fictional ones. For example the presence on the map, and in inset form, of the islands of Frisland and Groclant. Mercator also shows a clear path to the east in northern waters. He also shows the fictitious Strait of Anian separating Asia and America. The north pole and the magnetic north pole are both shown as large rocks or islands. Mercator supposedly came into possession of a long lost 14th century tract, Inventro Fortunata which described the polar area. "The concept of indrawing seas pouring into a circumpolar ocean between large islands reflects medieval Norse geographical ideas." A note on one of these supposed islands describes a race of pygmies. The same map, with less detail, first appeared as an inset on Mercator's 1569 world map. The inset was expanded and enlarged and more details were added and in 1595 it was published as a separate plate in Atlas sive Cosmographicae...
Copy 2 (NMC 27814) is now described in Mikan: Mikan 3819652 Layng: 16th Century Maps... #642. Cumming: The Discovery of North America...p. 215. Nordenskiold, Periplus-Text- P. 95.

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The microfiche version is NMC8089 (c.1), The microfiche version is NMC27814 (c.2), 25767

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