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Source Description
Boston Public Library copy imperfect: North sheet (plate I) only. Lacking middle and south sheets.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
t435jx27v
label
South America
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
t435jx27v
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
South America
description
Boston Public Library copy imperfect: North sheet (plate I) only. Lacking middle and south sheets.
date
["[1774]"]
year
1774
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_017823
creators
Bolton, Solomon, -approximately 1768
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Kitchin, Thomas, 1719-1784
Postlethwayt, Malachy, 1707?-1767
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
South America--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
South America
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[London]
publisher
[Printed for W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, J. Hinton [and others]]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
-3.55
schema:longitude
-56.683
extent
1 map on 3 sheets ; 119 x 76 cm, on sheets 59 x 89 cm
notes
Boston Public Library copy imperfect: North sheet (plate I) only. Lacking middle and south sheets.
Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridian: Ferro.
From The universal dictionary of trade and commerce volume II / by Malachy Postlethwayt. 4th edition. London : Printed for W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, J. Hinton [and others], 1774.
Statements about revisions by Mr. Bolton, 1755 at bottom of plates.
"To his grace the Duke of Rutland, this map of South America is most humbly inscribed."
hasTranscription
no
dcId
t435jx27v
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
4d42df374a7a0cbb