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The Western hemisphere. The Eastern hemisphere. [cartographic material]

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Item

Date:

1799.

Reference:

R11981-497-8-E, Volume number: 78

Item no. (creator):

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection #78

Local class no.:

H2/10000/1801

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4153303

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

World maps

The Western hemisphere. The Eastern hemisphere.
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1799.

Place:

London:

Place of creation:

England

Publisher:

J. Cary,

Extent:

1 map : hand col., 2 hemisphere ; each 44 cm. in diam. on sheet 55 x 99cm.

Language of material:

English

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Publisher: Cary, John, approximately 1754-1835

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General note:

Pictorial relief.
Map shows the routes of various explorers including: Cook, Vancouver, De La Perouse, Pickersgills, Clerke and Gores.
"Published by J. Cary, Enrgaver and Mapseller No. 181 Strand, Augst. 1, 1799.
On verso: No's 1 & 2
From: Cary's new universal atlas, containing distinct maps of all the principal states and kingdoms throughout the World. From the latest and best authorities extant. London: Printed for J. Cary, Engraver and Map-seller, No. 181, near Norfolk Street, Strand, 1808., maps 1& 2

Custodial history:

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

Citation/reference note:

Phillips. Entry 714, no. 1& 2.

Cartographic math data:

Scale indeterminate.

Availability of other formats note:

The microfiche version is NMC27700

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

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78 : Former container label was "10000 WORLD 1801".
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The Western hemisphere [cartographic material]

The Eastern hemisphere [cartographic material]
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Western hemisphere - Maps - Early works to 1800

World - Maps

Eastern hemisphere - 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 NMC27700

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11981] 78

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright: Expired
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