Nouvelle Carte de la Moiti septentrionale du Globe terrestre, montrant la Variation du Compas, ou le merveilleux accord enchaine des mouvemens regles et ne jamais cessans du vivant pourvoir magnetique; telles qu'on les a trouvez l'an 1750 = Nieuwe kaart van de noordelyke helft des aardkloots : vertoonende de miswyzing van't compas, of de wonderlyke aan-eengeschakelde famenloop, der gereegelde en nimmer stilstaande beweeging der magneetsche levenskragt; zo als dezelve bevonden zyn op 't jaar 1750 = A new map of the northern half of the earth's globe : shewing the variation of the compass, or the marvelous concatenated concurrence of the regular and never ceasing motion of the living magnetick power, as it was found in the year 1750

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Royal Danish LibraryThe Royal Danish Library is the national library of Denmark. It works for knowledge and cultural heritage, increasing knowledge about Danish cultural heritage, and preserving and providing access to this heritage via texts, images, and audio in both physical and digital form. They collect and preserve maps and atlases of Denmark, or maps printed in Denmark, in the map collection. It contains the largest total documentation of Danish cartography and map production, and it is also one of Northern Europe's largest collections of maps.The core of the collection came from... more