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A new chart of the Atlantic or Western Ocean

Title
A new chart of the Atlantic or Western Ocean / improved by W. Heather ; engraved by J. Stephenson.
Author
Heather, William, 1764-1812.
Publication
London : Published ... by W. Heather at the Navigation Warehouse, No. 157 Leadenhall Street, Augst. 30th 1797.

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CartographicOversize Map Div. 97-6473Schwarzman Building - Map Division Reference Room 117

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Additional Authors
  • Stephenson, J., engraver.
  • Norie, J. W. (John William), 1772-1843.
Description
1 map : hand col.; 82 x 114 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 427a.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Subjects
Note
  • Depths shown by soundings.
  • Covers North Atlantic Ocean.
  • Shows tracks of various voyages in the 1790s and arrows for prevailing currents.
  • In lower left margin: [?] by J. Norie, teacher of navigation, Leadenhall Street.
  • "Published as the Act directs."
  • Includes 8 coastal views.
Indexed In (note)
  • Variant of Phillips. Maps of America
Call Number
Map Div. 97-6473
OCLC
50178316
Author
Heather, William, 1764-1812.
Title
A new chart of the Atlantic or Western Ocean / improved by W. Heather ; engraved by J. Stephenson.
Imprint
London : Published ... by W. Heather at the Navigation Warehouse, No. 157 Leadenhall Street, Augst. 30th 1797.
Cartographic Data
Scale [ca. 1:9,350,000. At equator] (W 90⁰--E 15⁰/N 60⁰--N 0⁰).
Indexed In:
Variant of Phillips. Maps of America, p. 128
Local Note
NYPL copy includes pencilled tracks of voyages between Gulf of Guinea and offshore Ireland.
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Added Author
Stephenson, J., engraver.
Norie, J. W. (John William), 1772-1843.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 97-6473 [LHS 427a; oversize]
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