Antique Maps Leen Helmink Antique map of North America - Conibas by Wytfliet Click here or on the image for high resolution photos and scans. MAKER Wytfliet TITLE Conibas Regio cum Vicinis Gentibus ATLAS Ptolemaicae Augment PLACE ISSUED Louvain FIRST EDITION 1597 THIS EDITION SIZE (hxw cms) 22.8 x 26.9 AREA SHOWN North America, Canada ENGRAVER Cornelis van Wytfliet TECHNIQUE Copper engraving VERSO blank PAGE NUMBER 105 SIGNATURE COLOURING black/white CONDITION The overall quality of this antique map is excellent GENERAL "Despite the fact that this map covers territory virtually unknown to the Europeans, it owes its existence to the fact that Wytfliet showed every part of the continent however little knowledge there was of it. This is, however, the first printed map of present-day central Canada. The basic cartography derives from Gerard Mercator's world map of 1569, which first depicted a large body of water inland in the extreme north. There has been much speculation as to what this might refer to; it has been suggested that it could be a record of a voyage unknown to us that visited Hudson Bay, it could even be remnants of the Verrazano sea theory. At the top of the map we find the North West passage. On a number of maps at this time various rivers are shown flowing north into these waters; no possible explanation can be given for these other than the assumption that in such a vast expanse of land there would be some. Some extent of the extent of the map can be seen by the incorporation of the 'Septem civitates' [7 cities of gold] of the south-west, and 'Hochelaga', or Montreal, in the east." (Burden). SPECIFIC Burden State 3. Strong impression. Pristine copy with wide margins. Rare. REFERENCES Burden 100. Nordenskiöld plate LI. (Bibliography) GUARANTEE We do not sell reproductions. We guarantee that this is a genuine and original antique map that was published on or near the given date. A certificate of authentication is provided on request. Price € 950 Antique Maps Leen Helmink