Title: Bowles's new four-sheet map of the world on Mercator's projection
- World maps
- 1807
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by University of Michigan)
Alternate titles
- Bowles's new four-sheet map of the world on Mercator's projection : exhibiting the several quarters of the globe divided into their respective empires, kingdoms, states, &c., agreeable to the latest treaties and political regulations now existing; together with all the new discoveries and most interesting tracks of those eminent circumnavigators, Cook, Byron, Bougainville, Perouse, Vancouver &c.
Dates
- Issued: 1807
- Coverage: 1807
- Coverage: 1807 to 1807
Summary
1 map : hand col., dissected and mounted on canvas ; 101 x 117 cm., folded in slipcase 21 x 14 cm.
Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridian: London.
Includes latitudinary and longitudinary scale.
Shows routes and years of 10 voyages.
Engraved by B. Baker.
Decorative title cartouche depicting voyaging supplies, a ship, and two explorers holding a map and a sextant.
Includes notes on finding the distance betwixt two places.
Top border shows hours, east from London.
Subjects
- World maps.
- World maps Early works to 1800 Facsimiles.
- 2022-creator-sprint
- BBoxVerified
- bboxSprintJune2023
- -180TO180
- World
- Maps
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-180,180,90,-90)
- Geometry: BBOX (-180,180,90,-90)
Provider
University of Michigan
Rights
- Access rights: Public
- This map is in the public domain.
Citation
Bowles & Carver. Bowles's new four-sheet map of the world on Mercator's projection. World maps. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-005247144/39015095421411_0001
Format
JPEG
Languages
- eng