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Poli Arctici, et circumiacentium terrarum descriptio novissima / sumptibus Henrici Hondij.
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Title:Poli Arctici, et circumiacentium terrarum descriptio novissima / sumptibus Henrici Hondij.
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Author/Creator:Hondius, Hendrik, 1573-1650 cartographer.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Andrew McCormick Collection.
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Published/Created:Amstelodami : Ioannem Ianssonium & Henricum Hondium, 1638.
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Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS framedWhere is this?
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Call Number: G3270 1638 .H65
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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.
North Pole--Maps--Early works to 1800.
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Description:Scale approximately 1:21,000,000 (W 180°--E 180/N 90°--N 50°).
1 map : colored ; 44 cm in diameter, on sheet 49 x 57 cm.
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Summary:Copper-plate hand-coloured engraving. Map is surrounded by what appear to be scenes of whaling in the arctic. Text on verso. Includes decorative title cartouche, blank dedication cartouche.
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Local note:UBC has a copy in the Andrew McCormick Collection, listed as mccormick_62.
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Notes:Relief shown pictorially.