Map of the Northern Hemisphere, Anonymous, After Gerrit de Veer, 1598 print Map of the northern hemisphere in a polar projection. The map follows the map image of Mercator and shows various large islands in the North Pole that corresponds to the then common idea of a polarcontinent that consists of several parts. Opposite page 51 in: 'Warhafftige Relation. Der Dreyen Newen Unerhörten Seltzamen Schiffart So Die Holländischen und Seeländischen Schiff .... Anno 1594, 1595 und 1596 performed '(1598). Nuremberg paper engraving New Zembla

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