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Source Description
Prime meridians: London and Ferro.
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Document identity
localId
cj82ks717
label
To the Right Honourable Charles, Earl of Peterborow, and Monmouth, &c. this map of Africa, according to ye newest and most exact observations is most humbly dedicated
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
cj82ks717
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
To the Right Honourable Charles, Earl of Peterborow, and Monmouth, &c. this map of Africa, according to ye newest and most exact observations is most humbly dedicated
description
Prime meridians: London and Ferro.
date
["[1750?–1759?]"]
year
1750
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_009654
creators
Moll, Herman, d. 1732
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Africa--Maps--Early works to 1800
Peterborough, Charles Mordaunt, Earl of, 1708-1779
subjectsGeographic
Africa
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[London]
publisher
Printed for Ino. Bowles & Son ... Tho. Bowles ... [by] Robt. Sayer ... and by John King
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
2.383
schema:longitude
16.066
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 57 x 96 cm.
notes
Prime meridians: London and Ferro.
Relief shown pictorially.
Insets: Cape Coast Castle on ye gold coast of Guinea -- James Fort on the island of St. Helena -- Fort of Good Hope -- A prospect of the Cape of Good Hope.
Philip Overton's name has been erased and Robert Sayer's printed over. The premises passed to Sayer in 1748.
Appears in Moll's The world described, [1709-1736], plate 6.
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no
dcId
cj82ks717
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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