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Americae sive orbis, nova descriptio. Cum privilegio. [cartographic material]

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Date:

[1571].

Reference:

R11981-554-5-E, Volume number: 94

Item no. (creator):

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection #94

Local class no.:

H3/1-2000/[1570] (Plate I, State 2) (2 copies)

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4143460

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

America: Western Hemisphere

Americae sive orbis, nova descriptio. Cum privilegio.
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Date(s):

[1571].

Place:

Antwerp:

Place of creation:

Belgium

Publisher:

s.n.,

Extent:

1 map : ill., hand col. ; 36 x 49 cm on sheet 41 x 54 cm.

Language of material:

Dutch

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Second state of Oretlius' map of America. Ortelius map of America is without doubt one of the most recognized and influential maps of America from the 16th Century. The map first appeared in the 1570 edition of Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. This is a copy of the 2nd state, with the bulge in South America and the large ship in the Pacific sailing eastward, with the text on the verso indicating that it was issued in the 1571 Latin edition of Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Ortelius depicts the discoveries of a number of explorers, but the general shape of America is derived from Gerard Mercator's 21 sheet world map of 1569. The bulge in South America is the most notable feature of the map, which was not corrected until the 3rd state. The cartouche hides the lack of knoweldge in the south Pacific, although the massive Terra Australis Incognita is still very much in evidence, a myth not disspelled until Cook's second voyage. The West Coast of North America has a wildly inaccurate western projection.

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Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598

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General note:

Pictorial relief.
Copperplate engraving.
State 2 of map, based on the Azores being correctly labelled and the large sailing ship in the Pacific Ocean sailing eastward.
Illustrated with sailing ships, sea monsters and decorative title cartouche in bottom left corner.
Text on verso titled "Novvs orbis" with page number 2. Dutch edition dated 1571 with first word in line two "dinem" being flush to the margin.

Custodial history:

Part of the Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection purchased by the Public Archives of Canada in 1981.

Citation/reference note:

Burden, Entry 39, Tooley, R.V. "Mapping of America", p. 320

Cartographic math data:

Scale indeterminate.

Availability of other formats note:

The microfiche version is NMC27720 (Copy 2)

Exhibitions note:

This map was part of an exhibition held at The Royal Ontario Museum, March 1954 entitled "The Discovery & Mapping of the Great Lakes 'Sweet Water' 1522-1703 showcasing MacDonald's Collection., Canada on Maps 1564-1616: Stratford Festival Exhibition 1966.

Date of issue:

Date of issue based on information in Burden entry.

Related material:

For other copies and or editions see: G1006 .T5 1570 .S5 1964 - fol. (AMICUS No. 26306098) ; Mikan 4236061 (NMC 6859) ; G1006 .T5 1584 - fol. Vault (AMICUS No. 26306177).

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94 : Former container label was "1-2000 NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA [1570]".
Subject heading:

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North America Early works to 1600

South America Early works to 1600

Western hemisphere - Maps - Early works to 1600
Source:

Private

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80101/245 CA
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Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]
Original can be viewed in the presence of an early cartographic archivist. Microfiche version is open

Microfiche NMC27720

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11981] 94

[Consultation 90 Open]

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