Green, John, -1757, A chart of North and South America , 1753
- Title(s):
- A chart of North and South America : including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa, and Asia.
- Published/Created:
- London : T. Jefferys, 1753.
- Physical Description:
- 1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 1753.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio C G 5[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/584341
- Classification:
- Maps & Atlas (printed)
- Scale:
- Scale not given.
- Notes:
- Hand-colored boundaries.
This copy mounted on wooden strips and rod, to be used as wall map.
Prime meridian: London and Ferro.
Relief shown pictorially.
Shows nautical exploration routes.
Includes historical and geographical notes, and tables of comparative astronomical observations.
Originally printed in six sheets.
Accompanied by: Remarks, in support of the new chart of North and South America : in six sheets / by John Green. London : Printed for Thomas Jefferys, 1753. - Subject Terms:
- America -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.Jefferys, Thomas d. 1771 -- Publisher.
- Form/Genre:
- Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1753.
Maps -- America -- 1753. - Export:
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