File:Septentrionalium terrarum descriptio per Gerardum Mercatorem cum privilegio RMG F0319.tiff

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Mercator, Gerard
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English: Septentrionalium terrarum descriptio per Gerardum Mercatorem cum privilegioSingle sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: [ca. 1:18 000 000]. The North Pole is shown surrounded by islands between which flow rivers which are the sources of the world's oceans. The magnetic pole is shown as a rock near the Strait of Anian, Circular insets in the corners of the map contain maps of three islands: Shetland, Frisland [mythical] and Farre. The map records recent attempts by Frobisher and Davis to find the North-West passage.

This plate was first published in 1595 in the posthumous part III of Mercator's Atlas. On the back is Latin text, pages 41-42 'Polus Arcticus iac terrarum circumiacention descriptio' .

G282:1/6 Septrionalium by Mercator
Date circa 1620
date QS:P571,+1620-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Dimensions Printed area 37 x 39cm, on sheet 44 x 52cm.
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/540904
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id number: G282:1/6
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