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Title: Bowles's New One-Sheet Map of the World
Creator: Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, cartographer
Contributor: Bowles & Carver, publisher
Date Created and/or Issued: 1796-05-15
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, "A good map of the North-West Coast to Alaska." Cartouche: Old and new year depicted. Artwork: Vignettes of four continents, compass rose. "laid down from the latest observations and comprehending the New Discoveries to the present Time, particularly those lately made in the Southern Seas. By Byron, Wallis, Cook, Bouganville, and others." Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: no. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheArt Work. Verso Text: MS notes: 7 150215.
Extent: 1 map ; hand col. ; 39 x 70 cm., sheet 41 x 72 cm.
Identifier: 150215
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/10361
Language: English
Time Period: 1796
Place: World
E 169°
W 168°/N 90°
S 90°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library

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