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A New and correct chart of the Western and Southern Oceans : shewing the variations of the compass according to the latest and best observations.
- Title
- A New and correct chart of the Western and Southern Oceans : shewing the variations of the compass according to the latest and best observations.
- Publication
- London : Sold by W. & I. Mount & T. Page on Tower Hill, [1748?]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | No restrictions | Map Div. 97-6342 [Oversize - Filed with LHS Oversize; LHS 427] | Schwarzman Building - Map Division Reference Room 117 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742.
- Description
- 1 map : hand col.; 59 x 50 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 427.
- National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
- Subjects
- Note
- Covers North and South Atlantic Oceans.
- "This chart ... was first constructed from observations made in the year 1700 by the great Dr. Halley, but ... construct[ed] ... anew from accurate observations ... about the year 1744."
- Differs from similar map. Uncolored. Text pasted at sides also differs.
- Includes text pasted on both sides.
- Call Number
- Map Div. 97-6342
- OCLC
- 48769571
- Title
- A New and correct chart of the Western and Southern Oceans : shewing the variations of the compass according to the latest and best observations.
- Imprint
- London : Sold by W. & I. Mount & T. Page on Tower Hill, [1748?]
- Cartographic Data
- Scale [ca. 1:28,000,000. At equator].
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 97-6342 [Oversize - Filed with LHS Oversize; LHS 427]