The only original map in Pitt’s ‘English Atlas’
£4,500
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A scarce map of the Arctic Circle, with the title on a curtain, with portraits of Lapplanders and a whaling scene. On the map the mythical island of Frisland is marked, as is a strait through Greenland, placed there instead of Canada by Martin Frobisher, who had been confused by the non-existence of Frisland. Further west the discoveries of the English explorers looking for the North West Passage are shown.
Bottom left are the arms of Charles FitzCharles (1657-80), the son of Charles II, which consists of his father's arms with a baton sinister vair overall, signifying illegitimacy. He died of dysentery defending Tangier, which had been part of his father's dowry when marrying the Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza in 1662.
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Date | 1680 |
Extra Info | A Map of the North-Pole and the Parts Adjoining. |
Publication | Oxford: Moses Pitt, 1680. Coloured. 460 x 590mm. |
Condition | A good example. |
References | – |