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A chart of North and South America : including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia.
- Title
- A chart of North and South America : including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia.
- Author
- Jefferys, Thomas, -1771.
- Publication
- [London] : Publish'd ... by T. Jefferys, geographer to His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, at the corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross, Feb. 19, 1753.
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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 | Use in library | Map Div. 97-6464 | Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Green, John, active 1730-1753.
- Description
- 6 maps; 54 x 61 cm. or smaller, bound together.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 771a.
- National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
- Subjects
- Note
- Relief shown pictorially.
- Shows nautical exploration routes.
- Prime meridians: London and Ferro.
- "Publish'd according to act of Parliament."
- Includes text, historical and geographical notes, and tables of comparative astronomical observations.
- Accompanied by J. Green's: Remarks, in support of the new chart of North and South America; in six sheets. 48 p.
- Indexed In (note)
- Stevens & Tree. Comparative cartography
- Contents
- Chart containing part of the Icy Sea with the adjacent coast of Asia and America -- Chart comprizing Greenland with the countries and islands about Baffin's and Hudson's Bays -- Chart containing the coasts of California, New Albion, and Russian discoveries to the north & Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, with the British, French, & Spanish settlements in North America, and the West Indies -- Chart containing the greater part of the South Sea to the south of the line, with islands dispersed thro' the same -- Chart of South America, comprehending the West Indies, with the adjacent islands, in the Southern Ocean, and South Sea.
- Call Number
- Map Div. 97-6464
- LCCN
- 75692293
- OCLC
- 5445174
- Author
- Jefferys, Thomas, -1771.
- Title
- A chart of North and South America : including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia.
- Imprint
- [London] : Publish'd ... by T. Jefferys, geographer to His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, at the corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross, Feb. 19, 1753.
- Cartographic Data
- Scale [ca. 1:20,000,000] (E 160⁰--E 2⁰/N 82⁰--S 60⁰).
- Indexed In:
- Stevens & Tree. Comparative cartography, 4
- Local Note
- NYPL copy: 6 maps trimmed and mounted on cloth as 1 sheet: hand cl. ,123 x 110 cm. folded in slipcase 29 x 17 cm.NYPL copy lacks text by Green.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Green, John, active 1730-1753.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 97-6464 [LHS 771a; atlas cases; 1 sheet folded in slip case]