The first c in Arctic

[Julia Van Nutt]

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>>Very interesting discussion,but I would suggest an alternative
>>source for the solution to this controversy: old maps. Though in no
>>way an expert in this field, I have found the following Latin
>>spellings of Arctic/Artic on 16th Century maps:
>> 1."Circlus Articus" - Ruysch, Universalior Cogniti Orbis Tabula Ex
>>Recentibus Confecta Observationibus, Rome, 1508.
>> 2." Arctica" - The title page of GLOBUS MUNDI, Argentorati, Strasburg,1509.
>> 3." Circulus Arcticus "-Joannes de Stobnicza, Introductionin
>>Ptholomei Cosmographiam, 1512.
>> 4."Circulus Articus" - Ludovicus Boulenger, 1514.
>> 5."Circulus Arcticus" - Mappa Mundi Ad Globum Inducendun, 1514.
>> 6."Circulus Arcticus" - Laurentius Frisius, Argentorati, 1522
>> 7."Polus Arcticus "- G. Mercator's double cordiform map of the world,1538.
>> 8."Polus Articus" - Northwest Passage map by George Best, shipmate
>>of Martin Frobisher, 1578.
>> 9."Polus Arcticus" - William Barents' map of the North Pole, 1598.
>>This list may not solve the problem of the first c, but at least it
>>shows that the two forms were in use at a fairly early date.
>> -Robert Van Nutt