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John Thomson: Western Hemisphere.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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John Thomson  (1777–1840)  wikidata:Q6260696
 
Description British geographer, cartographer and editor
Date of birth/death 1777 Edit this at Wikidata circa 1840
date QS:P,+1840-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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artist QS:P170,Q6260696
Title
Western Hemisphere.
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English: This fascinating hand colored 1815 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts North America and South America or the Western Hemisphere. Map covers from the Arctic to the Antarctic and from New Zealand to the Cape Verde Islands. Depicts the routes of various important explorers include Cook, Gores, Vancouver and Perouse. America's Northwest Coast is only vaguely mapped. Dated, 1815. One of the finest maps of the Western Hemisphere to appear in the 19th century.
Date 1814
date QS:P571,+1814-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions height: 20 in (50.8 cm); width: 22 in (55.8 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,20U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,22U218593
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Geographicus link: HemiWest-t-1814
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