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“Provide[s] considerable detail of the early arctic discoveries.” – Kershaw
Interior Canada/ Montreal.
WYTFLIET, C. [Louvain, 1597/?]
Conibas Regio Cum Vicins Gentibus. .
8 ¾ x 11 inches
Excellent condition.
One of the earliest maps of any part of the interior of North America, in a superb example. “[Wytfliet’s] maps are of considerable importance, particularly to the development of the cartography of Canada” (Kershaw). For example, this striking work is “possibly is the first map of James-Hudson Bay” (Kershaw). It is the first map to focus on the central region of Canada and is one of the earliest maps, as well, to locate the Iroquois settlement of Hochelaga, on the site of present-day Montreal. Much of the detail of this map is legendary at best, of which a prime example is the tantalizing “Septem Civitates” appearing at the bottom of the map.
Kershaw, I, Entry 39. |
