Hemispheriu[m] ab aequinoctiali linea, ad circulu[m] Poli Arctici : hemispheriu[m] ab aequi...

HEMISPHERE FROM THE EQUINOCTIAL LINE TO THE CIRCLE OF THE ARCTIC POLE.
HEMISPHERE FROM THE EQUINOCTIAL LINE TO THE CIRCLE OF THE ANTARCTIC POLE.

A large-scale engraved map consists of two circular polar projections of the Earth. The overall aesthetic is 16th-century cartography, heavily ornamented with clouds and figures. The left hemisphere presents the Northern Hemisphere from a polar perspective. The North Pole is at the center, surrounded by hypothetical islands. It displays the northern continents: a prominent America (including New Spain, Florida, Canada, and the cod-fishing grounds of Bacalaos), Europe, northern Africa, and Asia (with Tartary, Persia, India, and China). Latitudinal lines radiate from the pole to the outer Equinoctial line. The right hemisphere presents the Southern Hemisphere from a polar perspective. The center is occupied by the South Pole, surrounded by a massive, largely hypothetical continent labeled "Unknown Southern Land." Portions of known southern lands are shown, including the tip of South America (Peru, Chile, the land of the Patagonians), southern Africa, and islands such as Java and Sumatra. The Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle are marked. Two sailing vessels and a sea monster are depicted in the Southern Ocean.

Northern Hemisphere polar projection.

Text block in the far northern regions of Asia/Pacific discussing the geography near the Arctic circle.?

Southern Hemisphere polar projection.

Old Maps 153

Islands appearing to be opposite those approaching America are seen here; one part, where the ships were hauled up, seems to have small islands where fresh water is also found. However, they believe the other part, where those ships finally remained, to be a continent. This seems to be proven by the fact that the ships were not taken far from the continent on this side.