(NORTH POLE) Pitt Moses A Map of the North Pole and the Part

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(NORTH POLE.) Pitt, Moses. A Map of the North-Pole and the Parts Adjoining. Double-page engraved map of the North Polar regions. 21 1/2x26 1/4 inches sheet size, wide margins; original outline hand-color; centerfold strengthened, an attractive example. Oxford, 1680

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Fine English map of the North Pole with an inset of Nova Zembla. The map is decorated with scenes of an Inuit family dwelling and a whaling hunt. Pitt's intentions were to produce a 12-volume atlas of the world in the tradition of Jansson and Blaeu but his ambitions were compromised and only 4 volumes were produced. The maps in the atlas were composed from Dutch sources but this map is the only original cartography prepared by Pitt himself.