File:A New and correct chart of the Western and Southern Oceans - shewing the variations of the compass according to the latest and best observations. NYPL434474.tiff
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| Description | A New and correct chart of the Western and Southern Oceans : shewing the variations of the compass according to the latest and best observations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | "This chart ... was first constructed from observations made in the year 1700 by the great Dr. Halley, but ... construct[ed] ... anew from accurate observations ... about the year 1744." Note 2.) Covers North and South Atlantic Oceans. Note 3.) Differs from similar map. Uncolored. Text pasted at sides also differs. Note 4.) Includes text pasted on both sides. Note 5.) Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 427. Note 6.) National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Physical description | 1 map : hand col. ; 59 x 50 cm. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalog Call Number | Map Div. 97-6342 [LHS 427] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | circa 1748 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?imageID=434474
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| Author | Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742 -- unknown role | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
From The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division. Released on a CC0 license.[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Digital ID | 434474 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| NYPL digital item published | 2-3-2004; updated 3-25-2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 09:58, 6 April 2014 |  | 4,824 × 5,659 (78.11 MB) | Fæ (talk | contribs) | =={{int:filedesc}}== {{NYPL_map |digital_id = 434474 |catalog_call_number = Map Div. 97-6342 [LHS 427] |record_id = 253094 |item_physical_description = 1 map : hand col. ; 59 x 50 cm. |link_catalog = http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysear... |
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