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Septentrionalium terrarum descriptio / per Gerardum Mercatorem cum privilegio.
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Title:Septentrionalium terrarum descriptio / per Gerardum Mercatorem cum privilegio.
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Variant Title:Pole arctique et la description des terres septentrionales
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Author/Creator:Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594, cartographer.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594, printer.
Andrew McCormick Collection.
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Published/Created:Duisburg : [G & R Mercator], 1595.
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In: Atlas siue cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricata figura. Duisberg : G & R Mercator, 1595. map 1.
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Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS framedWhere is this?
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Call Number: G3210 1595 .M47
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Links:Andrew McCormick Collection
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Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS framedWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Arctic regions--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Northern Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800.
North Pole--Maps--Early works to 1800.
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Description:Scale approximately 1:20,000,000 ; (W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--N 60°).
1 map : hand colored, illustrations ; 1 hemisphere 32 cm in diameter, on sheet 41 x 52 cm.
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Summary:Circular copper plate engraving map of the Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Pole to latitude 60° North. The map contains four circular insets, one containing the map title and statement, "Per Gerardum Mercatorem Cum Privilegio." Other three insets contain detailed depictions of islands from the larger map.
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Local note:UBC has a copy in the Andrew McCormick Collection, listed as mccormick_24.
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Notes:Relief shown pictorially.
From: Atlas siue cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricata figura / per Gerhardum Mercatorem. Duisberg : G & R Mercator, 1595. Map 1.
Insets: in upper and lower left corner: Frislant insula -- Farre insule -- Scetland insulae.
Prime meridian: [Ferro].
Text on map in Latin ; text on verso in French. French text on verso entitled: Le Pole arctique et la description des terres septentrionales