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Title Septentrionalium terrarum descriptio [cartographic material] /
Creator Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594.
Contributor Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594. Atlas siue cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricata figura.
Publisher [Duisberg : G. & R. Mercator, 1595].
Subject Arctic regions -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Arctic regions -- 1595 -- Maps.
Coverage 1595
Description Map of the Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Pole to latitude 60North. The map is surrounded by a decorative border with 4 circular insets, 3 of which feature an island or islands within the perimeter of the larger map. Relief is shown pictorially.; French text on verso entitled: Le Pole arctique et la description des terres septentrionales.; Map 1 from: Atlas siue cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricata figura / per Gerhardum Mercatorem. Duisberg : G & R Mercator, 1595.; Shirley, 1983, 139.; Koeman/Van der Krogt, 1:501, 1; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm150; Library's copy has tape stains in the top right corner of the map. Insets: Frislant insula -- Farre insule -- Scetland insulae.
Format 1 map ; 35.1 x 37 cm.
Date 1595
Type Image
Source Item held by National Library of Australia
Rights You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact the <a href="http://www.nla.gov.au/digicoll/copyright.html">National Library of Australia</a> to request permission.
Identifier nla.map-rm150
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm150
Geographic Terms Australia