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Bowles's new pocket map of the Atlantic or Western Ocean : laid down from the latest discoveries, and regulated by numerous astronomical observations.

Title
Bowles's new pocket map of the Atlantic or Western Ocean : laid down from the latest discoveries, and regulated by numerous astronomical observations.
Publication
London : Printed for the proprietor Carington Bowles, 1 Jan. 1779.

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CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 97-6129Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors
  • Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793.
  • Palairet, Jean, 1697-1774.
Description
1 map : hand col.; 44 x 55 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 517.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Subjects
Note
  • Shows sailing routes.
  • Depths shown by soundings in fishing banks off Newfoundland. Shallow areas shown by stippling.
  • Appears in Palairet's Bowles's universal atlas. [1775-1780].
  • "Degrees of longitude from London" and "West long. in hours & minutes of time from the meridian of London."
  • "Published as the act directs."
  • Watermarks include "J Whatman" and fleur-de-lis on shield.
Indexed In (note)
  • Phillips
Call Number
Map Div. 97-6129
OCLC
40335377
Title
Bowles's new pocket map of the Atlantic or Western Ocean : laid down from the latest discoveries, and regulated by numerous astronomical observations.
Imprint
London : Printed for the proprietor Carington Bowles, 1 Jan. 1779.
Cartographic Data
Scale [ca. 1:13,500,000] (W 85⁰--E 10⁰/N 52⁰--N 0⁰).
Indexed In:
Phillips 5988
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Added Author
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793.
Palairet, Jean, 1697-1774. Bowles's universal atlas.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 97-6129 [LHS 517]
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