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Title: Map of the World, with the latest Discoveries, by Samuel Dunn, Mathematician
Creator: Dunn, Samuel, d. 1794, creator
Dunn, Samuel, d. 1794, cartographer
Contributor: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), publisher
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1781-06-16
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,"Shows a good coastline of North-West America, evidently taken from Cook, whose tracks are given. Australia and New Zealand are shown complete." Undefined land no. of Siberia labeled "Plenstner's Land." Numeral 1, upper right and lower right.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS. notes: #93 43. The World..
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map outline 30 x 51 cm., sheet 47 x 58 cm.
Identifier: 093:043 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/36
Language: English
Subject: World maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period: 1781
Place: World
W 180°
E 180°/N 90°
S 90°
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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