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Title

Indiarum Orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio [cartographic material] 

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Item (linked) part of

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

Date(s)

1589

Place of creation

Germany

Publisher

s.n.

Extent

1 map : ill., hand col. ; 26 x 48 cm on sheet 32 x 52 cm.

Scope and content

This is a very scarce Italian map based on Ortelius' first world map. The strapwork title cartouche obscures the northern regions, making the huge southern continent appear even more prominent. The map is embellished with strapwork designs in the corners, with a ship and sea monsters in the oceans. Maffei's account of the Portuguese accomplishments throughout India and the Far East was first published in 1588.

Conditions of access

Cartographic material
90: Open
Original can be viewed in the presence o
f an early cartographic archivist. Microfiche version is open
Cartographic material
Microfiche NMC8140
90: Open
Item no. (creator)
Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection #24
Cartographic material
90: Open
Volume
24 Item no. assigned by LAC 24
90: Open
Archival reference no.
R11981-470-X-E
Other accession no.
80101/245 CA
Local class no.
H3/10000/1589

Terms of use

Copyright: Expired
Credit: Library and Archives Canada.

Additional name(s)

Engraver: Maffei, Giovanni Pietro, 1536?-1603 .

Additional information

Pictoral relief.

From: Maffei's "Historiarum Indicarum libri XVI ", 1589

Physical condition note
On the verso of the map, brown adhesive tape in upper right and left corners.

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

Related materials
For other edition or state see: DS411 .7 M2 1588 fol. - NO ILL (AMICUS No. 13266598)

Cartographic math data
Scale inderterminate.

Citation / reference note
Shirley, Entry 166
Public Archives of Canada, Sixteenth - Century Maps relating to Canada: a check-list and bibliography, (Ottawa, 1956), no.666
Wagner, Entry 172
Sabin, Entry 43772

Availability of other formats note
The microfiche version is NMC8140
C-Neg: 101848

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.

Subject heading

World - Maps - Early works to 1600 .

Source

Private

Other system control no.

CARTO35027

MIKAN no.

4153295