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Source Description
Inset map of the North Pole.
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Document identity
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x059cf033
label
A map of the North Pole with all the territories that lye near it, known to us &c. According to the latest discoveries, and most exact observations
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obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
x059cf033
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A map of the North Pole with all the territories that lye near it, known to us &c. According to the latest discoveries, and most exact observations
description
Inset map of the North Pole.
date
["[1732?]"]
year
1732
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_005921
creators
Moll, Herman, d. 1732
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Arctic regions--Maps--Early works to 1800
North Pole--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Arctic
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[London]
publisher
Printed for Tho. Bowles ... & John Bowles ...
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
75.58494
schema:longitude
43.94531
extent
1 map : col. ; 21 x 28 cm.
notes
Inset map of the North Pole.
Part of a hemisphere 27 cm in diameter.
Notes about the sun and search for the North East passage.
London meridian.
Appears in Moll's Atlas Minor. London: Thomas Bowles and John Bowles, 1732? or 1736?
Area from 60 ̊north to the Pole, from Hudson Bay in the west to the Bering Straits in the east.
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no
dcId
x059cf033
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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09c4043362b0de34