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Detail from Gerardus Mercator's map of the Arctic (c. 1620 edition), showing the Rupes Nigra at the North Pole ('POLVS ARCTICVS'), surrounded by four large islands. The Rupes Nigra ("Black Rock"), a phantom island, was believed to be a black rock located at the Magnetic North Pole or at the geographic North Pole itself.
Mercator's map from 1595 showing the mythical Arctic continent, with the "Rupes nigra et altissima" ('black and highest rock') at its centre. The Rock is the site of the North Pole, captioned as the POLVS ARCTICVS. Gerardus Mercator's world map of 1569 reflects his reading of Cnoyen's Itinerarium.
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Castelnuovo Nigra, a comune (municipality) in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont Porta Nigra , a large Roman city gate in Trier, Germany Rupes Nigra , a phantom island, was believed to be a 33-mile-wide magnetic island of black rock located at the Magnetic North Pole
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Karakithay id est nigra Kathaya. Karakithai, that is to say Black Cathay. 40°N,115°E Pamer altissima pars totius continentis. M. Paul Ven : lib.5 Pamer, the highest part of the whole continent, M. Polo, the Venetian, Bk.9. 45°N,85°E Mare de Sala, vel de Bachu, Ruthenis Chualenske more, olim Casitum et Hircanum.