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Title(s)
A chart of North and South America : including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa, and Asia.
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Published/Created
London : T. Jefferys, 1753.
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Physical Description
1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 1753.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio C G 5
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Copyright Status
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Full Alma Record
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Classification
Maps & Atlas (printed)
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Scale
Scale not given.
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Notes
Hand-colored boundaries.
This copy mounted on wooden strips and rod, to be used as wall map.
Prime meridian: London and Ferro.
Relief shown pictorially.
Shows nautical exploration routes.
Includes historical and geographical notes, and tables of comparative astronomical observations.
Originally printed in six sheets.
Accompanied by: Remarks, in support of the new chart of North and South America : in six sheets / by John Green. London : Printed for Thomas Jefferys, 1753. -
Subject Terms
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | Jefferys, Thomas d. 1771 -- Publisher.
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Form/Genre
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1753. | Maps -- America -- 1753.
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Export
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IIIF Manifest
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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