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Title: Northern Hemisphere, projected on the Plane of the Horizon of London
Creator: Buchanan, George S., creator
Buchanan, George S., cartographer
J. & G. Menzies
Contributor: Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1816-09-20
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 Alaska and the North-West. Traces the Mackenzie and Columbia Rivers, and gives a fairly correct map of the Canadian North-West." Note regarding scale, "The scale is quite correct only for distances from London;..." Sticker lower right : No. 6 Circular map.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS. note: 93/53.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Extent: 1 map ; outline ; 50 x 51 cm., sheet 70 x 55 cm.
Identifier: 093:053 M
44710
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/45
Language: English
Subject: World maps
Northern Hemisphere--Maps
Time Period: 1816
Place: World
Northern Hemisphere [centered on London]
W 180°
E 180°/N 90°
S 30°
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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