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Title
Arrangement structure
Item (linked) part of
Date(s)
[1740]
Place
A Amsterdam
Place of creation
Netherlands
Publisher
da Isac Tirion
Extent
Scope and content
This map shows the part of the world viewed from the North Pole. Much of northwestern Canada is not depicted which indicates the lack of knowledge of this area at the time the map was drawn by European mapmakers. California is depicted as an Island.
Conditions of access
Original can be viewed in the presence o
f an early cartographic archivist.
Microfiche NMC27650
267 Item no. assigned by LAC 267
Terms of use
Credit Library and Archives Canada. Copyright expired.
Additional name(s)
Publisher:
L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726.
Publisher:
Tirion, Isaak.
Additional information
Map indicates the polar circle.
From De Lisle's: Atlante novissimo che contine tutte le parti del mondo, 1740.
Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection # 267.
Map has a ribbon style title cartouche.
Custodial history
Related materials
Citation / reference note
Phillips, Entry 594, vol., map no 21.
Copy / version note
Subject heading
Arctic region - Maps - Early works to 1800.
Source
Private
MIKAN no.
3820189
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