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A New Mapp of the World [cartographic material] / by Phil. Lea.

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Date:

1687].

Reference:

R11981-480-2-E, Volume number: 53

Item no. (creator):

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection #53

Local class no.:

H2/10000/[1690]

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4153263

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

World maps

A New Mapp of the World
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Date(s):

1687].

Place:

[London:

Place of creation:

England

Publisher:

s.n.,

Extent:

1 map : outline hand col., 2 hemispheres each 26 cm in diam. on sheet 55 x 61 cm.

Language of material:

English

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The first and only state of a rare hemispheric world map.It is an early world map to show Pennsylvania (founded 1681.) Lea shows the Great Lakes in a very curious form, with a large lake Nipisirtius flowing into a Canada R. (St. Lawrence), and a string of smaller independent lakes extending south almost as far as Virginia. California is an island. The main hemispheres are surrounded by ten celestial insets based on the work of Cassini and Robert Hooke. At upper center is an inset of The Face of the Sun; at lower center The Face of the Moon. According to Shirley, depicting the heavens in this way was an important innovation of English world maps of this period .

Provenance:

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Lea, Philip, fl. 1683-1700
Additional name(s):

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Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703

Cassini, Giovanni Domenico, 1625-1712
Biography/Administrative history:

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Lea, Philip, fl. 1683-1700 : Cartographer, globe and instrument maker, publisher and mapseller at 'Atlas & Hercules in the Poultry' (1683-1686) ; Atlas & Hercules in Cheapside (1687-1700); and at his shop in Westminsiter Hall near the Court of Common Pleas, London (1689-1695). Apprenticed to Robert Morden 1675 and later collaborated with other publishers such as John Overton, John Seller, John Ogilby, Robert Morden and Bassett & Chiswell. He was succeeded in the business by his wife Ann. (Source: Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers)

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General note:

Pictorial relief.
Copperplate engraving.

Custodial history:

Part of the Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection purchased by the Public Archives of Canada in 1981.

Citation/reference note:

Shirley, Entry 535., Pritchard & Taliaferro, p. 322-323.

Cartographic math data:

Scale indeterminate (E 180°--W 180°/N 90°--S 90°)

Availability of other formats note:

The microfiche version is NMC27711

Exhibitions note:

Over the Rockies: The Discovery & Mapping of the Canadian West 1700-1886.
An Exhibition held at the The Royal Ontario Museum, March and April, 1956

Date of issue:

Date of issue based on information appearing in the Shirley entry.

Container note(s):

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53 : Former container label was "10000 WORLD [1690]"

Subject heading:

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World - Maps - Early works to 1800

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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80101/245 CA
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Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]
Original can be viewed in the presence of an early cartographic archivist. Microfiche version is open

Microfiche NMC27711

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11981] 53

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright: Expired
Credit: Library and Archives Canada.

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