[Chikyo zenzu : Western Hemisphere].
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| Call number | Status |
|---|---|
| G3290 1793 .K64 |
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The Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island
Images from the Glen McLaughlin Collection of California as an Island maps, a collection of nearly 750 maps obtained by Mr. McLaughlin over nearly 40 years. Included in the collection are hemisphere and world maps, celestial charts, title pages, globe gores and a medal. The dates range from 1622 to the mid-1800's.
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Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 1793
- Map Data
- Scale [ca. 1: 150,000,000] (W 160º--E 10º/N 80º--S 60º).
- Note
- California shown as a peninsula with very narrow northern attachment to mainland (nearly an island).
- Map lacks all non-cartographic marginal details that appear in the final copperplate produced map.
- Cartography may be derived from Covens & Mortier maps, and the decorations for the engraving from François Valentijn's Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën of 1726.
- [Northwest passage] is shown cutting across the continent.
- 4 small hemispheres drawn in sheet corners show polar projections and eastern hemisphere.
- Traces various sea routes.
- Note
- McLaughlin map number 1121.
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