Collection search - Limes Occidentis Quiuira et Anian. 1597. [cartographic material]

Pictorial relief.
Copperplate engraving.
Includes compass rose.
Published in 1597 as a supplement to Ptolemy, the "Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum"
Wytfliet's Descriptionis Ptolemaicae augmentum which was published in 1597 as a supplement to Ptolemy's Geographia. The work is important, however, as the first devoted exclusively to the New World. The exact location of Quivira, an area explored by Coronado, is unknown, although some speculate it was in present-day Kansas. Anian was a mythical kingdom mentioned in Marco Polo's travel accounts. Before it appeared on this map it was generally believed to be located off the north coast of Asia.

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

Burden, Entry 107, State 1, Wagner, Entry 189, Koeman, v. 3, Entry Wyt 1A, map no 14, Mickwitz, Miekkavaara and Rantanen, "The A.E. Nordenskôld Collection", v. 2, p. 318-319, Entry 307, map no 14, Phillips, Entry 1140, map no 14, Phillips, Entry 3644, map no 14, Schwartz & Ehrenberg p.83., Layng, p. 206, Entry 747

Scale [ca. 1:23,500,000].

The microfiche version is NMC105707.

Up North: The Discovery and Mapping of the Canadian Arctic, 1511-1944" An Exhibtion held at The Royal Ontario Museum April 1958

For other copies and or editions see: G1100 .W93 1597 .S5 1964 (AMICUS No. 28289919)