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Discovery and Exploration: Selected Works from the Darlington Memorial Library Collection, 16th Century-18th Century. On display Spring 2015 @ Archives & Special Collections: 17th Century

This library guide is an overview of the Special Collection's exhibit, "Discovery and Exploration: Selected Works from the Darlington Memorial Library Collection," which celebrates the 200th anniversary of William McCullough Darlington's birth.

Exhibit Cases V & VI

17th Century Materials on Display

Highlight

Nova totivs Terrarvm Orbis Geographica

Hendrik Hondius presents California as an island, extends Australia's coastline to the northwest, and has re-drawn northeast Canada in this detailed color map.  He also features the four elements and other scenes along with portraits of Julius Caesar, Claudius Ptolemy, his father Jodocus Hondius, and Gerhard Mercator, the German cartographer, philosopher, and mathematician.

DARMAP0088
Dimension: 40 x 56 cm.
Publication Date: 1630