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A New and correct mapp of the world, according to Mr. Edward Wright, commonly called Mercator's projection : with a view of the winds and variation.

Title
A New and correct mapp of the world, according to Mr. Edward Wright, commonly called Mercator's projection : with a view of the winds and variation.
Publication
London : Sold by William Mount & Thomas Page on Tower Hill, [between 1733 and 1748?]

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CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 97-6489Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors
  • Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615.
  • William Mount and Thomas Page.
Description
1 map; 52 x 85 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 1007.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Subjects
Note
  • Relief shown pictorially.
  • Shows California as an island.
  • Prime meridian: London.
  • Possible years of publication based on years of William Mount and Thomas Page partnership as given in Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers, 1979.
  • Includes decorative cartouche, ill., and note.
Call Number
Map Div. 97-6489
OCLC
50752343
Title
A New and correct mapp of the world, according to Mr. Edward Wright, commonly called Mercator's projection : with a view of the winds and variation.
Imprint
London : Sold by William Mount & Thomas Page on Tower Hill, [between 1733 and 1748?]
Cartographic Data
Scale [ca. 1:47,000,000. At equator] ; Mercator proj. (W 180⁰--E 180⁰/N 80⁰--S 57⁰).
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Added Author
Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615.
William Mount and Thomas Page.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 97-6489 [LHS 1007]
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