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
- 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
- Places:
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World
- Notes:
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Double-hemisphere world map embroidered 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.
- Extent:
- 1 manuscript map : color, embroidered on silk, framed ; 2 hemispheres each 22 cm in diameter, on sheet 54 x 74 cm
- Scale:
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Scale approximately 1:120,000,000
- Language:
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English
- Identifier:
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06_01_016149
- Call #:
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G3200 1800 .W67
- Barcode:
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39999085944179
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Restrictions:
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