Polus Antarcticus

Corners are filled with native scenes, including animals, birds, boats and a representation of a penguin and of a penguin being hunted. Title in cartouche.; Hemispherical map, with notes, centred on the South Pole to the Tropic of Capricorn; includes southern parts of South America and South Africa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jansson, Jan (1588-1664)
Format: Map
Language:unknown
Published: Apud Ioannem Ianssonium 1641
Subjects:
Antarctica
Australia
Early works to 1800
Maps
South America
South Pole
Terra Australis
Antarc*
antarcticus
South pole
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11343/113796
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Summary:Corners are filled with native scenes, including animals, birds, boats and a representation of a penguin and of a penguin being hunted. Title in cartouche.; Hemispherical map, with notes, centred on the South Pole to the Tropic of Capricorn; includes southern parts of South America and South Africa and the west and south coasts of Australia. Relief and vegetation shown pictorially.; On verso: Der Polus Antarcticus gegen Mittag. Black type, 2 column text with ornate initial. Printed marginal headings.; At centre of map: Terra Australis Incognita.; Koeman, Me 122.; Tooley, 728.; Text on map is Latin, text on verso in German. Imprint: [Amstelodami] : Apud Ioannem Ianssonium, [Between 1641and 1650?]

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