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Hydrographical Chart of the World of Wright and Mercators Projection, with Tracts of the last Circumnavigators

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Title: Hydrographical Chart of the World of Wright and Mercators Projection, with Tracts of the last Circumnavigators
Creator: Scott, Robert, 1777-1841
Contributor: John Thomson & Co, publisher
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1814
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: Kashnor notes, "Gives a map of the North-West Coast, and shows the tracks of Vancouver, Cook, and La Perouse." See 105:233M for another copy. Printed No. 1 pasted upper right corner.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS. note: 24.
Type: image
Extent: 1 map hand col. 45 x 51 cm., sheet 54 x 73 cm.
Identifier: 093:024 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/20
Language: English
Subject: World maps
Cook, James, 1728-1779--Journeys
Vancouver, George, 1757-1798--Journeys
Le Pérouse, Jean-Françoise de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788--Journeys
Time Period: 1814
Place: World
W 180°
E 180°/N 85°
S 80°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, April, 1924.

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