Septentrionalium terrarum descriptio / per Gerardum Mercatorem cum privilegio.

Description

Title: Septentrionalium terrarum descriptio / per Gerardum Mercatorem cum privilegio.
Alternative Title: Septentrionalivm terrarum
Creator: Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594, cartographer.
Published / Created: [1605?]
Copyright Date: [1609?]
Description: In French on verso with caption titles "Le Pole Arctique," "Le Pole Arctique, et la description des terres septentrionales," paginated 76, 73, and with signature T and catchwords "de peaux."
Insets: Frislant insula; Farre insula; Scetland insulae.
Relief shown pictorially.
Second state, with some errors to the north of Asia corrected. California is identified as Spanish territory, within the arctic circle.
Extent: 1 map : hand colored ; 37 x 39 cm
Extent of Digitization: Completely digitized
Scale: Scale approximately 1:20,000,000
Coordinates: (E 180°--W 180°/N 90°--N 60°)., 060.000000, 090.000000, 180.000000, -180.000000, 20000000, and a
Language: Latin

Format: cartographic
Genre: Maps.
Resource Type: Maps, Atlases & Globes
Subject (Geographic): Arctic regions--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Northern Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name): Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612, publisher.

Access: Public
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