Chart of South America, comprehending the West Indies, with the adjacent islands, in the Southern Ocean, and South Sea

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Chart of South America, comprehending the West Indies, with the adjacent islands, in the Southern Ocean, and South Sea
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Title:
Chart of South America, comprehending the West Indies, with the adjacent islands, in the Southern Ocean, and South Sea
Title (alt.):
A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia
Cartographer:
Green, John, -1757
Publisher:
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Publisher:
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Date:
[1753]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
America--Discovery and Exploration--Maps--Early works to 1800
South America--Maps--Early works to 1800
West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800
South Atlantic Ocean--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
South America
West Indies
South America
Atlantic Ocean
Extent:
1 map ; 54 x 60 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
[London] : Printed for Robert Sayer in Fleet Street and Thomas Jefferys in the Strand
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:11,000,000
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
MVLA record
Notes:
Sheet six of Green's A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia.
Prime meridians: London and Ferro.
Relief shown pictorially.
Shows nautical exploration routes.
Includes text, historical and geographical notes, and tables of comparative astronomical observations.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Cumming, W. British maps of colonial America, p. 45
Identifier:
06_01_008678
Barcode:
30000003817903