Polus Arcticus - Alte Landkarte

Autor: Mercator, Gerardus

Verlag: Hondius, Jodocus

Verlagsort: Amsterdam

Erscheinungsjahr : 1608

Nordpol (Arktis)."Polus Arcticus cum vicinis regionibus". Orig. copper-engraving from Mercator's Atlas Minor. Published by J. Hondius, with C. Claesz. and J. Jansz. in Amsterdam, 1608. A map of North Pole in oval surrounded with ornaments. With printed French heading-title ("Le Pole Arctique"), oval title-cartouche and 3 inset charts ("Frislant insula", "Farre insulae" and "Scetland insulae") in oval cartouches. 13,5:18,5 cm.

Burden, map 154; Koeman III, map 0020:351, ed. 351:11 (1609 Atlas Minor [Fr.]) - A very decorative miniature map of the North Pole, surrounding islands (Greenland, Island, Nova Zemla, Frislant) and the northern coasts of America, Asia and Europe.

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Stichwörter: Alte Landkarte, Alte Landkarten, Antike Karten, Polus Arcticus