Recherche dans la collection - Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula ex officina Justi Danckerts, Amstelodami. [cartographic material]

Relief shown by hachures.
The two main hemispheres are engraved and the surrounding illustrations etched. In the corners are large and lively scenes allegorically representing the four elements. Fire is shown by war and destruction, air by a scene of the heavens, earth by harvesting and husbandry, and water by a maritime scene including Neptune, mermen, and a spouting whale.
Between the two main spheres are single figures and above and below these figures are two polar spheres.
Title found in small cartouche on eastern hemisphere.
State one based on information appearing in Shirley entry.
From: Danckerts's Atlases

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

Shirley, Entry 495, Koeman, v. 3, p. 91, Entry Dan1, map no. 1, Phillips, Entries 540, 541, 3470

The microfiche version is NMC21085.

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., National Map Collection 1983 Antique Map Calendar, Treasures of the National Map Collection, Public Archives of Canada : An exhibition of 100 original maps, atlases, globes and architectural plans, 1490-1982, held at the Public Archives of Canada 17 August 1982 to 9 January 1983