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Title

Orbis descriptio [cartographic material]

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Item (linked) part of

World maps [cartographic material] (R11981-1-8-E)

Date(s)

1561]

Place of creation

Italy

Publisher

Appresso Vincenzo Valgrisi

Extent

1 map : b.&w. ; 2 hemispheres each 12.5 cm in diam. on sheet 21 x 27 cm.

Scope and content

Ruscelli's map of the world from his Geografia, the first double hemisphere world map to appear in an Atlas.The right hemisphere represents the Old World and the left the New World.Terra Incognita is distinctly shown as a land bridge linking Asia and North America with its coastline labeled Littus incognitum. There is no southern continent.

Conditions of access

Cartographic material

90: Open
Can be viewed in the presence of an earl
y cartographic archivist

Cartographic material
Microfiche NMC27660

90: Open

Cartographic material
Microfiche NMC27660

Restrictions not set

Item no. (creator)

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection Item #10

Cartographic material

90: Open

Volume
10 Item no. assigned by LAC 10

90: Open

Archival reference no.

R11981-460-7-E

Other accession no.

80101/245 CA

Local class no.

H3/10000/[1561?]

Terms of use

Credit Library and Archives Canada.
Copyright expired.

Creator / Provenance

Ruscelli, Girolamo.

Additional name(s)

Ptolemaeus, Claudius.

Additional information

Copperplate engraving.

From: La geografia di Clavdio Tolomeo Alessandrino

Pictorial relief

Custodial history

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

Related materials

For other copies and or editions see: G1005 1574 - fol. Vault (AMICUS No. 26306184) ; G1005 1561 - fol. Vault (AMICUS No. 26306191) ; Mikan 4141740 (NMC 27665)

Cartographic math data

Scale indeterminate (E 180°--W 180°/N 90° --S 90°)

Citation / reference note

Wagner, vol. II, Entry 54.
Shirley, Entry 110
Phillips, Entry 371

Availability of other formats note

The microfiche version is NMC 27660

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.

Subject heading

World - Maps - Early works to 1600 .

Source

Private

Other system control no.

CARTO 34997

MIKAN no.

4002445