ORONCE FINE. Nova, Et Integra Universi Orbis Descriptio. Paris, 1541. Medici the most notable being held

the most notable being held by the British Museum and the Oak Spring Library

ink blotters

The map contains far greater detail and spans a much greater area than any of Champlain's earlier attempts

the manuscript maps were intercepted in the Atlantic by the Dutch

asked Charlevoix to investigate the rumors relating to the existence of a western sea between the Great Lakes and the Pacific Ocean

ORONCE FINE. Nova, Et Integra Universi Orbis Descriptio. Paris, 1541. Medici the most notable being heldOronce FINE (1494 1555) Nova, et Integra Universi Orbis Descriptio Paris: Christianus Wechelus, 1541 Sheet: 11 2 8 x 16 2 8 to the neat line, framed: 24 x 28 4 8 Single sheet, matted and framed Woodcut double cordiform world map, the title within a ribbon banner along the top edge, Wechelis imprint centre lower edge, showing the world in two hemispheres, the right being mostly Terra Australis, recently discovered, but not yet explored and South