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WORLD AND POLAR REGIONS - North Pole
Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio - Mercator - Hondius ,1630.
Copper engraving
Size: 37 x 40cm (14.4 x 15.5 inches)
Verso text: Latin
Condition: Old coloured.
References: Van der Krogt 1, 0020:1A; Burden 88, State 2.
From: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura. Amsterdam, H. Hondius, 1630. (Van der Krogt 1, :107)
"This is the first map devoted to the Arctic. In the corners are four roundels, one of these contains the title, the other three contain maps of the Faeroe Isles, the Shetland Isles and the mythical island of Frisland.
The pole is made up of four surrounding islands, which myth had it were separated by four strong flowing rivers. These carried the oceans of the world towards a giant whirlpool at the pole where there stood a large rock." (Burden)
Second state with one island (lower right) with an incomplete coast.
Item number: 19009
Price: 3400 Euro
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