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Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula [cartographic material] Auct. Henr. Hondio

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Date:

1641.

Reference:

R11981-487-5-E, Volume number: 39

Item no. (creator):

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection # 39

Local class no.:

H3/10000/1641

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4153305

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

World maps

Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula
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Date(s):

1641.

Place:

[Amsterdam:

Place of creation:

Netherlands

Publisher:

s.n.],

Extent:

1 map : ill., hand col., 2 hemispheres each 27 cm in diam. on sheet 41 x 58 cm.

Language of material:

Latin

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This is the second state of the Hondius world map issued after 1641 with the imprint of Jan Jansson added at bottom. A beautiful map featuring hemispheres surrounded by voluptuous representations of the four elements: Fire by Apollo driving the Sun's chariot across the sky; Aeros, the goddess of Air, surrounded by clouds and birds; Mother Earth, surrounded by animals and the earth's bounty; and Water represented by a Siren and sea monsters. Tucked between the hemispheres are a celestial globe with the figure of the sun at the top, and a scene of Europa receiving tribute from Asia, America and Africa with a figure of the moon at the bottom. Four portraits fill the corners: Julius Caesar, Claudius Ptolemy, Jodocus Hondius and Gerard Mercator. The scenes are all beautifully linked together with a rich garland of fruit. In North America California is shown as an island with a westward stretching coastline labeled Nova Albion. This coastline contains many place names including C. Mendocina at the far western edge of the map. Queen Anne's forland (Baffin's Island) is completely surround by water on the northeast coast of Canada. The Dutch discoveries on the Carpentaria coast of Australia are included, but there is still only a faint outline of Terra Australis Incognita with Beach Prov. left floating in the Indian Ocean.
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Cartographer: Hondius, Hendrick, 1597-1651

Publisher: Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
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General note:

Pictorial relief.
Copperplate engraving.
Map includes a cartouche with a dedication to David Sanclaro, Antonio de Wilon and D. Martino Matheseos, professors in the Paris Academy dated 1641.
On verso: 2 pages of text titled: Descripcion del Vniverso. #1 appears in upper right corner of right hand page while #2 appears in upper left corner of left had page.
"Amstelodami Excudu Ioannes Ianssonius" appears next to the lower cusp.

Note on the state of conservation:

On verso: brown tape applied to the top margin.

Custodial history:

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

Citation/reference note:

Shirley, Entry 336, State 2, Wagner, v. II, Entry 343

Cartographic math data:

Scale indeterminate.

Availability of other formats note:

The microfiche version is NMC27678 (Text)

Exhibitions note:

National Map Collection 1982 Antique Map Calendar

Related material:

For other states and or editions see: Mikan 4153290 (NMC 27676)

Container note(s):

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39 : Former container label was "10000 WORLD 1641"

Subject heading:

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World - Maps - Early works to 1800

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 NMC27678

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11981] 39

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright: Expired
Credit: Library and Archives Canada.

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