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Uncolored engraving showing a polar map, featuring the Scandinavian peninsula, Russia, Nova Zemblya, Greenland, and Canada, and the Arctic Circle marked. Cities and rivers are labeled. Entitled "Nieuwe Kaart van de Noord Pool" (New Map of the North Pole) at left, and at right, the text "De eerste Meridian getrokken over de Piek van Canarie" (The first meridian taken over the Peak of the Canary Islands). This meridian is marked with a thicker line and a label.
From the book "Bloeijende Opkomst der Aloude en Hedendaag Groenlandsche Visschery" by C. G. Zorgdrager.


cartography
1727-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
P. van Thol and R.C. Alberts; Zorgdrager, Cornelius Gisbert
ink; laid paper
13 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in
Netherlands: the Hague