Lot 45
45
MERCATOR, Gerard (1512-94). Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio. [Amsterdam: c.1606 or later]. Engraved hemispherical map of the North Pole within decorative border, roundels at each corner with title and maps of islands, Latin text on verso (some very minor offsetting), 370 x 390mm. A very decorative map, and the first to be devoted specifically to the Arctic region.
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MERCATOR, Gerard (1512-94). Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio. [Amsterdam: c.1606 or later]. Engraved hemispherical map of the North Pole within decorative border, roundels at each corner with title and maps of islands, Latin text on verso (some very minor offsetting), 370 x 390mm. A very decorative map, and the first to be devoted specifically to the Arctic region.

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MERCATOR, Gerard (1512-94). Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio. [Amsterdam: c.1606 or later]. Engraved hemispherical map of the North Pole within decorative border, roundels at each corner with title and maps of islands, Latin text on verso (some very minor offsetting), 370 x 390mm. A very decorative map, and the first to be devoted specifically to the Arctic region.
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