Recherche dans la collection - Orbis terrae novissima descriptio [cartographic material] Authore Gerardo Mercatore, nuperimè verò juxta recentiores Cosmographos aucta et recognita. I. Hondius sculp. I. le Clerc excu 1602.

Panel at bottom of map conatains quotation from Psalms : "domini est terra et plenitudo eius, orbis terrarum et uni versi qui habitant in eo. quia super maria fundavit eum, etc. Psal 24 "
Pictorial relief.
The upper corners include circles showing the wind names in Italian and Dutch. The lower corners have circular diagrams showing the phases of the moon and the climatic zones. An astronomical sphere and compass rose are also included .
Map contains manuscript text which is not longer legible running along the equator of both hemisphers. The text on the left hemisphere is dated 1616 while the text on the right hemisphere is dated 1614.

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

Shirley, Entry 233.

Scale [ca. 1: 80 000 000]

The microfiche version is NMC8091

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., Discovery and Mapping of Upper Canada: An exhibition held at the Canadiana Department, Royal Ontario Museum, May - December 1967, Canada on Maps 1564-1616: Stratford Festival Exhibition 1966.