Septentrionalium terrarum descripto / [map] / per Gerardum Mercatorum..

Author
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
French
Published/​Created
[Amsterodami : sumptibus et typis aeneis Henrici Hondij, 1628]
Description
  • (W 180°00ʹ00ʺ--E 180°00ʹ00ʺ/S 60°00ʹ00ʺ--S 90°00ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map : hand col. ; 34 cm. in diam., on sheet 37 x 39 cm.

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Notes
  • Relief shown pictorially.
  • Scale determined by using graticule method.
  • Maps in upper corners and lower left corner: Frislant insula -- Farre insul[a]e -- Scetland insulæ.
  • From: Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas, sive, Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura. Amsterodami : sumptibus et typis aeneis Henrici Hondij, 1628.
  • Text on verso: Le pole arctique, et la description des terres septentrionales.
References
Kershaw, K. A. Early printed maps of Canada 23d
OCLC
64451275
Universal Product Code
  • HM2004-15
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