Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Green, John, -1757

Title:

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 Manuscripts
Folio C G 5

Copyright Status:

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.

Exhibition History:

Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)

Subject Terms:

Jefferys, Thomas d. 1771 -- Publisher. | America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | America -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.

Form/Genre:

Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1753. | Maps -- America -- 1753.

Contributors:

Jefferys, Thomas, -1771. | Green, John, -1757. Remarks, in support of the new chart of North and South America.