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Bowles's new four-sheet map of the world on Mercator's projection

Alternative Title:

Bowles's new four-sheet map of the world on Mercator's projection : exhibiting the several quarters of the globe divided into their respective empires, kingdoms, states, &c., agreeable to the latest treaties and political regulations now existing; together with all the new discoveries and most interesting tracks of those eminent circumnavigators, Cook, Byron, Bougainville, Perouse, Vancouver &c.

Description:

1 map : hand col., dissected and mounted on canvas ; 101 x 117 cm., folded in slipcase 21 x 14 cm.

Relief shown pictorially.

Prime meridian: London.

Includes latitudinary and longitudinary scale.

Shows routes and years of 10 voyages.

Engraved by B. Baker.

Decorative title cartouche depicting voyaging supplies, a ship, and two explorers holding a map and a sextant.

Includes notes on finding the distance betwixt two places.

Top border shows hours, east from London.

Resource Link:

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-005247144/39015095421411_0001

Identifier:

G 3200 1807 .B6 (folio), 005247144, and 39015095421411_0001

Language:

eng

Creator:

Bowles & Carver.

Provider:

University of Michigan

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

World maps

Date Issued:

1807

Spatial Coverage:

World

Rights:

This map is in the public domain.

Rights Holder:

Please attribute access and use of this digitized map to the Stephen S. Clark Library, University of Michigan Library. https://www.lib.umich.edu/about-us/policies/copyright-policy

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG