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Title

Nova et accvrata Poli Arctici et terrarum circum laccntium descriptio [cartographic material]. 

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Item (linked) part of

Arctic [cartographic material] (R11981-6-7-E)

Date(s)

[ca. 1708]

Place

Amstelodami

Place of creation

Netherlands

Publisher

Apud Gerardi Valk et Petri Schenk

Extent

1 map : hand col. ; 39 x 51 cm on sheet 47 x 58 cm.

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Shows northern part of Canada including: Hudson, James, Button and Baffin Bays as well as Davis Strait. Also shows Newfoundland, Greenland, Iceland, Northern Europe and Asia.

Conditions of access

Cartographic material
90: Open
Original can be viewed in the presence o
f an early cartographic archivist.
Cartographic material
90: Open
Volume
264 Item no. assigned by LAC 264
90: Open
Archival reference no.
R11981-289-1-E
Other accession no.
80101/245 CA
Local class no.
H3/10 000/[1696]

Terms of use

Credit Library and Archives Canada. Copyright expired.

Additional name(s)

Engraver: Schenk, Peter, 1660-1718 or 9.
Engraver: Valck, G. (Gerard), 1651 or 2 -1726.

Additional information

Includes illustrations of sailing ships and decorative figures around the title and secondary cartouches.

Indicates the Arctic circle.

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection # 264

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

Citation / reference note
Kershaw, Vol. 1, Entry 111, p.110, 3rd State, 1708.

Copy / version note
The microfiche version is NMC 27811.

Subject heading

1. Arctic regions - Maps - Early works to 1800.
2. Hudson Bay - Maps - Early works to 1800.
3. James Bay - Maps - Early works to 1800.
4. Baffin Bay - Maps - Early works to 1800.
5. Button Bay - Maps - Early works to 1800.
6. Greenland - Maps - Early works to 1800.
7. Iceland - Maps - Early works to 1800.
8. Early works to 1800.
9. Newfoundland and Labrador
10. Davis Strait - Maps - Early works to 1800.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3824209