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Source Description
Relief shown pictorially.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
cj82m6572
label
The Earth's Western planisphere
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
cj82m6572
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
The Earth's Western planisphere
description
Relief shown pictorially.
date
["1757"]
year
1757
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_010415
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Planispheres--Early works to 1800
Western Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800
America--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
America
Mesoamerica
North America
North and Central America
South America
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[London]
publisher
Published according to Act of Parliament by S. Dunn & W. Owen
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
42.284495
schema:longitude
-101.123047
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 53 cm. diam., on sheet 56 x 56 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Also shows climatic zones, compass variations, and declination of the sun.
Includes notes and table of statistics of celestial bodies.
hasTranscription
no
dcId
cj82m6572
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
7e3a5a0df1fe6eef