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Novus orbis sive America meridionalis et septentrionalis [cartographic material] / Per sua regna provincias et insulas iuxta observationes et descriptiones recentiss. Divisa et adornata cura et opera Matth. Seutter, sac, cas. maj. Geogr. Aug. Vind.

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Date:

ca. 1730].

Reference:

R11981-542-9-E, Volume number: 119

Item no. (creator):

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection #119

Local class no.:

H2/1-2000/[ca. 1730]

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4145962

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

America: Western Hemisphere

Novus orbis sive America meridionalis et septentrionalis
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Date(s):

ca. 1730].

Place:

[Augsberg:

Place of creation:

Germany

Publisher:

Matth. Seutter,

Extent:

1 map : ill., hand col. ; 48 x 56 cm on sheet 55 x 63 cm.

Language of material:

Latin

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Map of the Americas features a prominent island of California based on the second Sanson model, with two indented bays in the northern coast. Directly above the island is the strait of Fretum Anian and the coastline of Terra Esonis incogn, which is obscured by an elaborate pictorial cartouche relating to the religious conversion of the natives. The Great Lakes are somewhat distorted, with large spurious bays on the west coasts of lakes Superior and Michigan. A suggestion of a Northwest Passage is hinted at through a portage between rivers inspired by the reports of Baron Lahontan. The map is filled with place names, and details the tracks of the major voyages of exploration in the Pacific. An array of exotic birds flutter above the large title cartouche that depicts Native Americans fishing, cutting sugar cane, farming, and paying tribute to a chief. A secondary cartouche contains text relating the important discoveries in America and the conversion of the natives to Christianity.

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Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756

Biography/Administrative history:

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Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756 : Engraver, globe maker and map publisher born in Augsburg. Worked as an apprentice to publisher Johann Homann in Nuremberg in 1697. Returned to Augsburg ca. 1707 and set up his own map publishing house which became a primary competitor of the Homann comapny. He was awarded the title of Imperial Geographer by Karl VI in 1731. In the 1730s he open a branch of his business in Vienna. In addition to maps Seutter published a few celestial globes . After his death the business was carried on by his son-in-law Tobias Conrad Lotter.

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General note:

Pictorial relief.
Copper plate engraving.
Includes compass rose in the Pacific Ocean as well as routes of various explorers.
Printed in lower left corner in cartouche: "Novus Orbis Sive America Meridionalis Et Septentrionalis Per Sua Regna, Provincias Et Insulas Iuxta Observationes Et Descriptiones Recentiss. Divisa Et Adornata Cura Et Opera Matth. Seutter, Sac. Caes. Maj. Geogr. Aug. Vind."
Printed in upper left corner in cartouche is a description of America's discovery and how Catholicism has spread: "Novus Orbis. Non ratione creations sed titulo inventions Anteriores insulae A 1492 a Christoph Columbo, Genuensi"
Printed along bottom edge in lower right: "Cum Gratia et Privil. S. R. I. Vicartg, in partibg Reni, Sveviae, et Juris Franconici."
This map appeared in several atlases published by Seutter.

Custodial history:

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

Citation/reference note:

Phillips, Entry 593, map no 6., Tooley, R.V. "Mapping of America", p. 132, Entry 91

Cartographic math data:

Scale indeterminate .

Availability of other formats note:

The microfiche version is NMC27753

Exhibitions note:

Over the Rockies: The Discovery & Mapping of the Canadian West 1700-1886.
An Exhibition held at the The Royal Ontario Museum, March and April, 1956

Container note(s):

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119 : Former container label was "1-2000 NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA [CA. 1730]".
Subject heading:

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North America Early works to 1800

South America Early works to 1800

Western hemisphere - Maps - Early works to 1800
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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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 NMC27753

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11981] 119

[Consultation 90 Open]

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