Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: The World On Mercator's Projection.
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Short Title:
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The World On Mercator's Projection.
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Obj Height cm:
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73
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Obj Width cm:
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101
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Scale 1:
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40,000,000
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Note:
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Engraved map on on 2 sheets (eastern and western parts). Full hand col. Relief shown by hachures. Shows explorers' routes, etc. "Pinkerton's modern atlas."
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Reference:
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Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West, v. 2, no. 310.
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Full Title:
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(Composite of) The World on Mercator's projection. Drawn under the direction of Mr. Pinkerton by L. Hebert. Neele sculpt. 352 Strand. London: published ... 1812, by Cadell & Davies, Strand & Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, Paternoster Row.
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List No:
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0732.064
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Page No:
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60-61
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Series No:
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67
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Pub Date:
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1815
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Pub Title:
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A modern atlas, from the latest and best authorities, exhibiting the various divisions of the world, with its chief empires, kingdoms and states, in sixty maps, carefully reduced from the largest and most authentic sources. Directed and superintended by John Pinkerton, author of Modern geography, &c. London: Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street; for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, And Brown, Paternoster Row. 1815.
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Pub Reference:
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P724; NMC 409.
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Pub Note:
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A superb copy. One of the best English Atlases of the period, similar to Thomson's General Atlas of 1817. See the Philadelphia edition of 1818. Maps are hand painted in full color and bound in new half leather beige cloth covered boards with "Pinkerton Atlas" stamped in gilt on a black spine label.
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Pub List No:
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0732.000
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Pub Maps:
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61
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Pub Height cm:
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59
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Pub Width cm:
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48
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Image No:
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0732064
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Institution:
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Rumsey Collection
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Ownership Statement:
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Copyright 2005
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Download 1:
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Download 2:
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Publisher Location:
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London
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Publisher:
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Cadell and Davies
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Publisher Location:
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London
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Publisher:
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Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
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Type:
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Composite Map
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World Area:
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World
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Engraver or Printer:
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Hebert, L.
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Engraver or Printer:
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Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824
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Publication Author:
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Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826
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Pub Type:
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World Atlas
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Author:
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Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826
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Date:
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1812
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