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Includes the following dedication to Guilielmo Backer signed by Joan Blaeu "Guilielmo Backer de Corneliis Rép. Amsterelodamensis consuli et Senatori, rec non in consesu Societa tis Indice orientalis abessori Tabu Ian hanc D.D

Includes a decorative cartouche showing two allegorical figures one of whom represents cold, winter or Arctic. Cherubic faces are inset in a clould and are exhaling Arctic winds, The heraldic crest of the Blaeu family; two foxes, a bear or wolf, and two Arcitc hunters frame the scale.

On verso: 2 pages of text titled " Landen onder de Noord - Pool". Printed page number"4" appears in top right corner. The printers mark is "C" printed under the "ou" in "houden". The The catchword is "holen". Left hand page has a decorative symbol below the text. There is no page number and the last line of text is "gevonden heefte". This information in Kersahw dates the map as the State two, Dutch edition of 1649-50 map.

Second State, Dutch edition of 1649-1650 map.

Originally published in: Toonneet des Aerdrycx, Ofte Nieuwe Atlas. 1649.

Includes 3 bar scales: Milliaria Germanica communia pro 60 latit gradu -- Milliaria Germanica communia pro 70 latit gradu -- Milliaria Germanica communia pro 80 lat. gradu.

Custodial history

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

Related materials

For other versions of this map see: Carto H12/10000/[1640] (NMC 8266) ; A/10000/[1640](1649); H3/10000/[1640][1968] (NMC 8646); Mikan 3807134 (NMC 27779)

Citation / reference note

Kershaw. vol. I, entry 129b.
Burden. entry 252, pages 321-322.
Koeman, vol. 1, entry B1 29A

Copy / version note

The microfiche version is NMC 27780.

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