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Source Description
Relief shown pictorially.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
3f462w02h
label
A chart of the world upon Mercator's projection
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3f462w02h
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A chart of the world upon Mercator's projection
description
Relief shown pictorially.
date
["1775"]
year
1775
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_014662
creators
Faden, William, 1749-1836
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Voyages around the world--Maps--Early works to 1800
Discoveries in geography--British--Maps--Early works to 1800
World maps--Early works to 1800
Cook, James, 1728-1779
subjectsGeographic
World
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
William Faden
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
extent
1 map : hand colored ; 38 x 44 cm
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Conservation of this piece was funded by Alan and Sherry Leventhal in memory of his father, Norman B. Leventhal whose vision to create this Map Center will inspire generations to come.
Map 1 in a composite atlas with the title "Atlas of the world."
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no
dcId
3f462w02h
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
19d1e35cea491737