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A new map of the terraqueous globe according to the latest discoveries and most general divisions of it into continents and oceans. [cartographic material] / Delin. M Burghers sculpt. Univ. Oxon

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Date:

1700].

Reference:

R11981-527-2-E, Volume number: 40

Item no. (creator):

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection #40

Local class no.:

H3/10000/[1700] (version 2)

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4145289

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

World maps

A new map of the terraqueous globe according to the latest discoveries and most general divisions of it into continents and oceans.
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Date(s):

1700].

Place:

[Oxford, Eng :

Place of creation:

England

Publisher:

Edward Wells, University of Oxford,

Extent:

1 map : ill., hand col. ; 2 hemispheres each 25 cm in diam on sheet 47 x 57 cm.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Map shows California as an Island, an incomplete New Holland attached to N. Guinea, partial New Zealand Coast line and no Southern Continent.
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Wells, Edward, 1667-1727

Engraver: Burghers, Michael, 1647?-1727
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General note:

"Dedicated to his Highness William Duke of Gloucester".
Includes abbreviation explained below the dedication (C. Cape, M. Mountain, I. Island, R. River).
Below the hemispheres are views of Oxford, with several personages representings the continents on either side of the dedication to the Duke of Gloucester as well as his coat-of-arms.
From: Edward Wells " A new sett of maps both ancient and present geography", London, 1700. map no.2

Custodial history:

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

Citation/reference note:

Shirley, Entry 609., Wagner, v. 2, Entry 467., Phillips, Entry 531, no [2]., Phillips, Entry 564, no [2]., Phillips, Entry 3479, no 2., Phillips, Entry 3480, no 2., Phillips, Entry 3489, no 2., Phillips, Entry 3480, no 2

Cartographic math data:

Scale [ca. 1:100 000 000] (W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°)

Availability of other formats note:

The microfiche version is NMC27679

Related material:

For other copies and or versions see: G1015 .W44 1730z - fol. Vault (AMICUS No. 26306153) ; 4145291 (NMC 16927)

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40 : former container label was "10000 WORLD [1700]".

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 NMC27679

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11981] 40

[Consultation 90 Open]

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