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America noviter delineata [cartographic material] / M. Merian fecit.

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Date:

1638].

Reference:

R11981-561-2-E, Volume number: 103

Item no. (creator):

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection #103

Local class no.:

H3/1-2000/[1638?]

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4164665

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

America: Western Hemisphere

America noviter delineata
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Date(s):

1638].

Place:

[Frankfurt:

Place of creation:

Germany

Publisher:

s.n.,

Extent:

1 map : ill., hand col. ; 28 x 35 cm on sheet 31 x 36 cm.

Language of material:

Latin

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This map of the Western Hemisphere is based on the Jodocus Hondius of 1618, but unlike most derivatives of that map, Merian has altered the perspective on the inset map of Greenland at the top. North America is depicted with a prominent Virginia and an odd New England coastline. The western coastline above California makes the continent entirely too wide. There is only a hint of the Great Lakes. There is a large inland lake in equatorial South America.

Provenance:

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Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650

Biography/Administrative history:

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Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650 : Born in Basle, Switzerland. Worked as a draughtsman, topographical engraver and publisher in Basle, Zurich, Strsbourg and Frankfurt am Main. Best known for his plans nad town views. Married the daughter of Theodore de Bry and completed the later parts and editions of De Bry,s Grans and Pettits Voyages, Theatrum European, 1629 with editions to 1718. Source: Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, rev. ed. vol. K-P

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General note:

Relief shown pictorially.
Copperplate engraving.
"M. Merian fecit" appears in lower right corner of map.
Includes inset map of Greenland. 5 x 6 cm.
Illustrated with strapwork title cartouche, a sea monster and Spanish galleons.
From: Avity, Pierre d', sieur de Montmartin, 1573-1635 . Newe Archontologia cosmica,1646, map no. [30]

Note on the state of conservation:

On verso: strips of adhesive tape along top 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 251., Tooley, p. 299., Phillips, Entry 58, map no [30], Phillips, Entry 456, map no [9], Wagner, v. 2, Entry 329., A. E. Nordenskold Collection, v. 1, Entry 82, map no [70]

Availability of other formats note:

The microfiche version is NMC 27724

Container note(s):

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103 : Former container label was "1-2000 NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA [1638?]".
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 NMC27724

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11981] 103

[Consultation 90 Open]

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