(North Pole) Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio Long Island state parks and parkways This is one of the

This is one of the finest illustrated maps we have seen

Shows the Railroad lines

Shows the world with lines of equal barometric pressure and includes general contours for the continents and islands

Issued as part of brochure by the Chamber of Commerce for the island

gravel and macadam" to "improved dirt roads" and "unimproved highways"

(North Pole) Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio Long Island state parks and parkways This is one of theSeptentrionalium Terrarum descriptio, Mercator, c. 1633This is the first map to focus on the mysteries of the North Pole. Mercator first hinted at the subject on his famous world map of 1569, showing an inset of the area, but this map addresses it head on. While no exploration had occurred throughout most of these northern reaches, great and detailed speculations were conceived. Here, four large islands are divided by rivers, with a large black rock