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Atlas terrestris, or, A book of mapps of all the empires, monarchies, kingdomes, regions, dominions, principalities, and countreys in the whole world : accomodated with a brief description of the nature and quality of each particular countrey

Title
Atlas terrestris, or, A book of mapps of all the empires, monarchies, kingdomes, regions, dominions, principalities, and countreys in the whole world : accomodated with a brief description of the nature and quality of each particular countrey / by Iohn Seller, hydrographer to the Kings most excellent majestie.
Author
Seller, John, active 1658-1698.
Publication
London : And are to be sold at his shopps in Wapping at the Hermitage and in Exchange-Alley near the Royall-Exchange ..., [ca. 1680]

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CartographicUse in library Map Div. 97-6041Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors
  • Wit, Frederik de, 1629 or 1630-1706.
  • Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679.
Description
1 atlas (4, 4, [16], 4 p., [110] leaves of plates (some folded)) : 55 hand col. maps; 52 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 316.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Alternative Title
Atlas terrestris
Subjects
Note
  • Relief shown pictorially and depths shown by soundings on some maps.
  • A composite atlas consisting of maps by Wit, Visscher, Seller, and others. Most maps undated; dated maps include 1651 and 1664.
  • "Cum privilegio."
  • Ill. engraved t.p.
  • T.p. as well as each map mounted on modern paper. Modern binding.
Language (note)
  • Text in English. Some maps in English and some in Latin.
Call Number
Map Div. 97-6041
OCLC
50499738
Author
Seller, John, active 1658-1698.
Title
Atlas terrestris, or, A book of mapps of all the empires, monarchies, kingdomes, regions, dominions, principalities, and countreys in the whole world : accomodated with a brief description of the nature and quality of each particular countrey / by Iohn Seller, hydrographer to the Kings most excellent majestie.
Imprint
London : And are to be sold at his shopps in Wapping at the Hermitage and in Exchange-Alley near the Royall-Exchange ..., [ca. 1680]
Cartographic Data
Scales differ.
Language
Text in English. Some maps in English and some in Latin.
Local Note
NYPL copy has maps numb. by hand in crayon on each verso. Map no. [32], [42], [52], and [54] wanting.
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Added Author
Wit, Frederik de, 1629 or 1630-1706.
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 97-6041 [LHS 316; atlas cases]
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