Septentrionalium terrarum descriptio / per Gerardum Mercatorem cum privilegio.Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594, cartographer.[1605?]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.cartographic