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FOUR224 - The rivers of Paradise around the Northpole

Fig. 224 - The rivers of Paradise around the Northpole (Polus Arcticus). Coloured engraving from the geographer Gerard Kremer (Gerard Mercator), 1595. Maritiem Museum 'Prins Hendrik", Rotterdam. Fantasy made use of the old concept of the four rivers of paradise to cover up a lack of actual knowledge of this particular area.

CHAMPEAUX, DE, Gerard & STERCKX, Dom Sebastien (1966). Introduction au Monde des Symboles. Zodiaque

Slightly different in: BRICKER, Charles (1969). De glorie van de cartografie. Een geïllustreerd overzicht van kaarten en kaartenmakers (Landmarks of mapmaking; Sequoia, Lausanne, tr. J.G. Baggerman). Elsevier, Amsterdam/Brussel. And:

CALABRESE, Omar (1991). Imaginaire geografie. pp. 59 - 66: CALVI NO, Italo (1991). Reis langs de archipel die niet bestaat (1991). pp. 67 - 69 in: ALEXANDRESCU, Sorin; PARRET, Herman & QUIK, Ton (Ed.) (1991). Hemel & Aarde. Werelden van Verbeelding. Uitgeverij John Benjamins, Amsterdam. ISBN 90-272-2089-1

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