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Source Description
Relief shown pictorially.
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Document identity
localId
cj82m4332
label
A new and accurat map of the world
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
cj82m4332
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A new and accurat map of the world
description
Relief shown pictorially.
date
["[1662]"]
year
1662
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_010224
creators
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
World maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
World
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[London]
publisher
Are to be sold by Roger Rea the elder and younger
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 2 hemispheres each 25 cm. in diam., on sheet 40 x 52 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Text on verso titled The generall description of the world; p. 1-2; printer's signature A.
Includes vignettes of the 4 elements as allegorical figures, portraits of 4 circumnavigators, charts of the northern and southern celestial hemispheres, a geocentric diagram of The heavens and elements, and illustrations of A figure of the sphere, The eclipse of the sunne, and The eclipse of the moon.
Shows California as an island.
In the author's A prospect of the most famous parts of the world (London, 1662).
Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
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dcId
cj82m4332
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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