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Source Description
Prime meridian: Philadelphia.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
3f463030g
label
A map of the countries situate about the North Pole as far as the 50th. degree of north latitude
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3f463030g
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A map of the countries situate about the North Pole as far as the 50th. degree of north latitude
description
Prime meridian: Philadelphia.
date
["[1800]"]
year
1800
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_004563
creators
Barker, W. (William), active 1795-1803
Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Arctic regions--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Arctic
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Philadelphia]
publisher
[Mathew Carey]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
75.58494
schema:longitude
43.94531
extent
1 map ; hemisphere 23 cm in diameter, on sheet 43 x 38 cm
notes
Prime meridian: Philadelphia.
"Engraved for Carey's American edition of Guthrie's Geography improved."
In upper right: 44.
Map 44 in his Carey's general atlas. Philadelphia : Mathew Carey, 1800.
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no
dcId
3f463030g
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
mediaId
05038632459e004c