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Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703

To Captain John Wood this map of the world drawn according to Mercators projection humbly dedicated by Robt. Morden & Willm. Berry.

[approximately 1682?]

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To Captain John Wood this map of the world drawn according to Mercators projection humbly dedicated by Robt. Morden & Willm. Berry, London : Sold at ye Atlas in Cornhill & at ye Globe in ye Strand, [approximately 1682?], Yale Center for British Art.




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  • Creator

    Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703

  • Title(s)

    To Captain John Wood this map of the world drawn according to Mercators projection humbly dedicated by Robt. Morden & Willm. Berry.

  • Additional Title(s)

    Map of the World

  • Published/Created

    London : Sold at ye Atlas in Cornhill & at ye Globe in ye Strand, [approximately 1682?]

  • Physical Description

    1 map : hand colored ; 48 x 48 cm

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    Folio C 2010 3a
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Maps & Atlas (printed)

  • Notes

    Inset: Artic Circle.
    Relief shown pictorially.
    Map of the world on the Mercator projection, exhibiting America as its center. Shows California as an island, typical of the maps of the time.
    Selected exhibitions: "The Mapmaker's art : 300 years of British cartography" (Yale Center for British Art, January 17-March 12, 1989).
    BAC: British Art Center copy is hand-colored. On sheet: 54 x 63 cm.
  • Subject Terms

    America -- Maps. |
    America. |
    Early maps.

  • Form/Genre

    Engravings -- Hand-colored -- . | Maps.

  • Contributors

    Berry, William, active 1680

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The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

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