Detail View: Old Maps Collection: A new map of the world : with all the new discoveries by Capt. Cook and other navigators : ornamented with the Solar System, the eclipses of the sun, moon & planets &c.
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Barcode:
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4687820500607
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Title:
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A new map of the world : with all the new discoveries by Capt. Cook and other navigators : ornamented with the Solar System, the eclipses of the sun, moon & planets &c.
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Original Title:
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A new map of the world : with all the new discoveries by Capt. Cook and other navigators : ornamented with the Solar System, the eclipses of the sun, moon & planets &c.
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Contributor:
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Kitchen, T. (Thomas), Junior
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Contributor:
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Evans, John, active 1794-1799
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Category:
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Hemispheres
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Type:
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Printed
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Language:
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English
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Create Year:
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1799
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Format:
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JPEG2000, 12932 × 7224, 14.1MB
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Scale:
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ca. 1:50,000,000
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Physical Map Dimension (cm):
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79 × 112
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Note:
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Also shows lines of magnetic variation and marine wind-direction arrows. "Published as the Act directs, Aug't 1st 1799, by I. Evans, No. 41 Long Lane, West Smithfield." Originally printed on 2 sheets. Imperfect: Use-worn, fold-lined, wrinkled/missing small sections at edges, taped on verso at edges. Includes 12 circular diagrams of sun, moon, planets, and Solar System.
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Note:
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Macao was marked in the middle of Pearl River Estuary in this map.
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Note:
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Macao in World Maps
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Subject:
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Magnetic declination
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Geographic Area:
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World
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Pub Author:
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I. Evans
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Pub Year:
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1799
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Pub location:
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London
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Provenance:
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Library of Congress Map Collections
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