With the advances in the knowledge of the Arctic, Mercator's map of 1595 had become obsolete by the 1630s. Nice old color example of Henricus Hondius' map of the North Polar Regions, first issued in 1636.Several tears, expertly repaired on verso. Stanford copy: Cut into image at top and bottom, with restoration of neat lines, but not affecting the map image.This state is extremely rare, this being the first example we have ever offered. Dutch nomenclature appears along the coast of Labrador. The prospect of a Northwest Passage is left open, as is the entire Northwestern portion of North America. The usual confusion appears around Frobisher's Strait. Hondius drew on the Cartography of Herny Briggs for his model of Hudson's Bay, supplemented buy Thomas James map of 1633. The German edition issued in 1636 was the first complete edition, including the decorative vignettes surrounding the map. The English 1636 edition includes two blank cartouches, lacking the title, which is shown here in the second proof state. The first two editions issued in 1636 contained no decorative vignettes on the sides and are regarded as proof states of the map. For the 1636 English edition of the Mercator Hondius Atlas, Hondius engraved a new polar map. Proof state of Henricus Hondius' remarkable map of the North Polar Regions.Poli Arctici, et Circumiacentium Terrarum Descriptio Novissima Stanford copy: Repaired tear at lower centerfold, extending into the lower text line, expertly repaired on verso.There was only a single edition in English published and the maps from this atlas are now quite rare on the market. Richly arrayed with rhumb lines, a compass rose, galleons and sea monsters in addition to the three strapwork cartouches. Fully engraved to show the mountainous terrain with no other detail, except a depiction of penguins, noted as Pingini Aves. The coastlines of Tierra del Fuego are incomplete.
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