(North Pole) Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio ~Fall 2019~ towns and roads

towns and roads

Pocket Map of Bombay and the Country Around

Johnson's Pennsylvania Virginia Delaware and Maryland

While not even fifty years into statehood

A yet to be charted Pacific Northwest is partially consumed by the mythical "Western Sea"

(North Pole) Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio ~Fall 2019~ towns and roadsSeptentrionalium Terrarum descriptio, Mercator, c. 1633This is the first map to focus on the mysteries of the North Pole. Mercator first hinted at the subject on his famous world map of 1569, showing an inset of the area, but this map addresses it head on. While no exploration had occurred throughout most of these northern reaches, great and detailed speculations were conceived. Here, four large islands are divided by rivers, with a large black rock