A map of the world from the best authorities

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A map of the world from the best authorities
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Item Information

Title:
A map of the world from the best authorities
Engraver:
Thackara & Vallance
Publisher:
Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
Name on Item:
Thackara & Vallance sc.
Date:
[1800]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
World maps
Places:
World
Extent:
1 map ; 2 hemispheres each 25 cm in diameter, on sheet 43 x 55 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[Philadelphia] : [Mathew Carey]
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:78,000,000
Language:
English
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially.
Shows tracks of Captain Cook's voyages.
"Engrav'd for Carey's edition of Guthrie's new System of geography."
In upper right: 1.
Map 1 in his Carey's general atlas. Philadelphia : Mathew Carey, 1800.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_004520
Call #:
G1015 .C3 1800x
Barcode:
30000005055994