The world with all modern discoveries
Item Information
- Title:
- The world with all modern discoveries
- Date:
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[ca. 1780–1800]
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center - Collection (local):
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Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
- Subjects:
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World maps--Early works to 1800
Manuscript maps--Early works to 1800
Byron, John, 1723-1786
Carteret, Philip, -1796
Cook, James, 1728-1779
Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795
- Extent:
- 1 manuscript map : color, embroidered on silk, framed ; 2 hemispheres each 22 cm in diameter, on sheet 54 x 74 cm
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Scale:
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Scale approximately 1:120,000,000
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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Double-hemisphere world map embroidered by a schoolgirl with colored threads on silk.
Shows the voyages of Cook, Wallis, and Byron and Carteret.
Ornamental floral sprays and ribbons in margins.
Framed with an oval window.
- Identifier:
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06_01_016149
- Call #:
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G3200 1800 .W67
- Barcode:
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39999085944179
