Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: The World as known to the Ancients.
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Short Title:
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The World as known to the Ancients.
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Obj Height cm:
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40
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Obj Width cm:
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54
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Scale 1:
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23,000,000
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Note:
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Engraved uncolored map. Relief shown by hachures. Place names in Latin. Area covered North Africa, Europe and West Asia and Southeast Asia.
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Full Title:
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The World as known to the Ancients Drawn & Engraved for Dr. Playfair's Geography. N. Coltman delt Vauxhall. Published Novr. 4th 1808 by the Revd. Dr. Playfair, St. Andrews NB. B. Smith sculpt. Walworth. (1814)
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List No:
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4462.001
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Page No:
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1
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Series No:
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4
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Pub Date:
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1814
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Pub Title:
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A New General Atlas, Ancient and Modern; Accurately Constructed, by Principal Playfair, St. Andrews, and Elegantly Engraved by the most eminent Artists in London. London: Printed for The Author; and Sold By T. Underwood, Fleet Street, London; and P. Hill, Edinburgh. 1814.
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Pub Reference:
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P137; cf Wheat 311, 319.
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Pub Note:
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See note field above.
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Pub List No:
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4462.000
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Pub Maps:
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44
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Pub Height cm:
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49
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Pub Width cm:
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34
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Image No:
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4462001
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Institution:
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Rumsey Collection
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Ownership Statement:
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Copyright 2008
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Download 1:
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Download 2:
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Publisher Location:
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Edinburgh
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Publisher:
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P. Hill
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Publisher Location:
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London
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Publisher:
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T. Underwood
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Type:
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Atlas Map
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World Area:
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Eastern Hemisphere
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World Area:
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World
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Subject:
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Classical
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Subject:
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Historical
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Engraver or Printer:
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Coltman, N.
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Engraver or Printer:
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Smith, B., engraver
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Publication Author:
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Playfair, Principal
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Pub Type:
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World Atlas
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Author:
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Playfair, Principal
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Date:
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1814
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