A general map of the world, or terraqueous globe : with all the new discoveries and marginal delineations, containing the most interesting particulars in the solar, starry and mundane system

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Title:
A general map of the world, or terraqueous globe : with all the new discoveries and marginal delineations, containing the most interesting particulars in the solar, starry and mundane system
Cartographer:
Dunn, Samuel, 1723-1794
Publisher:
Kitchin, Thomas, 1719-1784
Name on Item:
by Sam.l Dunn, mathematician
Date:
January 6, 1787
Format:
Maps
Genre:
World maps
Location:
MacLean Collection Map Library
Collection (local):
MacLean Collection Map Library
Places:
World
Extent:
1 map : hand color ; 108 x 127 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/v405wp950
Terms of Use:
Public Domain/No known restrictions on use. Contact host institution to download image.
Contact host institution for more information.
Publisher:
London : Printed for Robert Sayer, no. 53 Fleet Street
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:40,000,000 at equator
Language:
English
Notes:
Double hemisphere map of the world.
Relief shown pictorially. Shows tracks of ship voyages.
Includes text, diagrams, and tables.
Ancillary maps and diagrams: The solar system -- The Northern Hemisphere [constellations] -- The Southern Hemisphere [constellations] -- An astronomical latitude & longitude analemma -- The art of dialing by a common globe -- The analemma -- The vicissitude of seasons explained -- Selenography or a map of the moon ... -- A chart of the world according to Mercator's projection with the rhumb lines -- An universal scale ...
Identifier:
26743_Sayer_1787_World_MacLeanColl
Call #:
MC26743

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