Nova et accvrata Poli Arctici et terrarum circum iacentium descriptio
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Latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Portulan style. Decorative cartouches (with figures, fauna, winds), compass roses, rhumb lines. Shows waterways, shoals, ports. Pictorial vignettes of ships. Appears in Jansson's Novus atlas, Amsterdam, possibly as early as 1638.
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