AGSL GeoDiscovery

The Western Ocean

Description:

Map extends to include part of North and South America, western Europe and southern
England. The cartouche, placed in the central Africa, contains two figures blowing horns.
Another cartouche appears in South America with two natives and two animals surround the
scale. The compass rose radiates rhumb lines to all four continents.

Outline color

Sea chart

Dr. Oscar I. Norwich

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/hx992kv0299

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/hx992kv0299

Creator:

Seller, John, active 1658-1698

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Ocean

Date Issued:

1710

Rights:

Image from the Dr. Oscar I. Norwich collection of maps of Africa and its islands, 1486 - ca. 1865 courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false