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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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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | Supervised use | Map Div. 97-6343 | Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117 |
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- Additional Authors
- 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].
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742.W. & J. Mount & T. Page.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 97-6343 [LHS 428]