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Title Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio
Creator Gerard Mercator
Publisher University Library of Tromso
Subject Map
Description This polar chart was first printed in 1589. The copy originates from an edition of his posthumous 1606 atlas and has to do with the rediscovery of Svalbard (1596). Notice the partial map showing the imaginative land called Frisland.
365 x 390
Format image/jpeg
Language eng
Date 1589
Type Image
Source http://www.ub.uit.no/northernlights/images/map03d.jpg
Identifier http://www.ub.uit.no/northernlights/images/map03d.jpg
Coverage - Spatial the Arctic Ocean
North America
Greenland
North Europe
North Asia
northlimit=83.599030708362; eastlimit=140.09062499999993; southlimit=66.23145747862573; westlimit=-163.125;
Geographic Terms Arctic Ocean
Greenland [Greenland]
Europe
Svalbard [Svalbarð]