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North Pole (Arctic)."Poli Arctici et circumiacentium terrarum descriptio novissima". Orig. copper-engraving, H. Hondius, 1636. Published in Amsterdam by F. de Wit, 1715. Original old colouring. With ornamental title-cartouche, another ornamental...

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Hondius, Henricus

Wit, Frederic de

Amsterdam

1636

North Pole (Arctic)."Poli Arctici et circumiacentium terrarum descriptio novissima". Orig. copper-engraving, H. Hondius, 1636. Published in Amsterdam by F. de Wit, 1715. Original old colouring. With ornamental title-cartouche, another ornamental cartouche (blank) and decorative scenes around the map (ships, fishermans, whales ...). 43,5:49 cm (17 1/4 x 19 1/4 inch.)Burden: The Mapping of North America, no. 246, state 7 (1715) - A very decorative map of the Arctic Region with the regions of the Arctic Circle (Iceland and northern parts of Europe, Asia and North America).


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