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Title

Conibas regio cvm vicinis gentibvs [cartographic material]. 

Arrangement structure

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Item (linked) part of

Canada (Including Eastern Canada up to 1780) [cartographic material] (R11981-7-9-E)

Date(s)

1597]

Place of creation

Netherlands

Publisher

Tijpus Iohannis Bogardi

Extent

1 map : mounted on paper, b& w. ; 21 x 26 cm on sheet 31 x 39 cm.

Scope and content

Shows area of central Canada west from Hochelaga.

Conditions of access

Cartographic material
90: Open
Original can be viewed in the presence o
f an early cartographic archivist.
Cartographic material
Microfiche NMC175461
90: Open
Item no. (creator)
Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection Item #303
Cartographic material
90: Open
Volume
303 Item no. assigned by LAC 303
90: Open
Archival reference no.
R11981-425-5-E
Other accession no.
80101/245 CA
Local class no.
H3/902/[1597]

Terms of use

Credit Library and Archives Canada.
Copyright expired.

Creator / Provenance

Wytfliet, Corneille.

Additional information

Copperplate engraving.

First printed map of present day central Canada. Depicts the area west of Hochelaga at an early stage in its cartographic representation

From: Wytfliet, Corneille. Descriptionis Ptolemaicae augmentvm . Louvanni : Tijpus Iohannis Bogardi, 1597. Plate 15. This was the first separately published atlas with all the maps entirely devoted to North America

State of map determined based on the the fact that "The name of the island at the entrance to the inland sea is removed and that above the 280° meiridian the name is spelled Higuater instead of Hignater" - Burden and Kershaw.

Relief shown pictorially.

Physical condition note
Copy has been conserved and mounted on paper.

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

Related materials
For other copies see: Mikan 3964130 (NMC 175462) ; G3400/1597/.W95/H3 (AMICUS No 27931140) (NMC 6403)

Cartographic math data
[Scale [ca. 1:17 800 000] (W 120°--W 70°/N 75°--N 40°)

Citation / reference note
Burden, Entry 100, State 3.
Kershaw, Entry 39, State 3.
Phillips, Entry 3644, no 15.
Koeman, v. 3, p. 219, Entry Wyt 1A, no (15)
Phillips, Entry 1140, no 15.
Koeman, v. 3, p. 219 Entry Wyt 1B.

Availability of other formats note
The microfiche version is NMC 175461

Language note
Text in Latin.

Exhibitions note
This map was part of an exhibition held at The Royal Ontario Museum, April 1958 entitled "Up North: The Discovery and Mapping of the Canadian Arctic, 1511-1944" showcasing MacDonald's Collection.
Plotting the Land of Ontario 1564-1919, A joint exhibit by the Canadiana Department, R.O.M, MacDonald Ophthalmic Foundation, Ontario department of Public Records and Archives to coincide with the 5th Annual Conference of the Association of Canadian Map Libraries, May 26-28th, 1971
Discovery and Mapping of Upper Canada: An exhibition held at the Canadiana Department, Royal Ontario Museum, May - December 1967

Subject heading

1. North America - Maps - Early works to 1800.
2. New France - Maps - Early works to 1800.
3. Central Canada - Maps - Early works to 1800.

Source

Private

Other system control no.

SISN 22424

MIKAN no.

3964129