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New Chart of the World on Wright's or Mercator's Projection in which are Exhibited All the Parts Hitherto Explored or Discovered with the Tracks of the British Circumnavigators Byron, Wallis, Carteret and Cook, &c

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Title: New Chart of the World on Wright's or Mercator's Projection in which are Exhibited All the Parts Hitherto Explored or Discovered with the Tracks of the British Circumnavigators Byron, Wallis, Carteret and Cook, &c
Contributor: Laurie, Robert, 1755-1836, publisher
Whittle, James, publisher
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1794-05-12
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: This map is a duplicate of 105:043. Minimum cartouche with compass rose on top.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Lantern and lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS notes: 190 261.
Type: image
Extent: 1 map : col. ; 73 x 92 cm. on sheet 77 x 96 cm.
Identifier: 105:261 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/892
Language: English
Time Period: 1794
Place: World
W 180°
W 180°/N 85°
S 80°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Relation: 105:043 ; 105:044 ; 105:262 ; 105:263
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, June 7, 1927.

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