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A new and correct chart of the Western & Southern Oceans : shewing the variations of the compass according to the latest and best observations.

Title
A new and correct chart of the Western & 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, [1760?]

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CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 97-6343Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors
  • Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742.
  • W. & J. Mount & T. Page.
Description
1 map; 57 x 49 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 428.
  • 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. 97-6343
OCLC
48769617
Title
A new and correct chart of the Western & 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, [1760?]
Cartographic Data
Scale [ca. 1:28,000,000. At equator].
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Added Author
Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742.
W. & J. Mount & T. Page.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 97-6343 [LHS 428]
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