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PLANISPHERE URANO-GEOGRAPHIQUE c'estadire LES SPHERES CELESTE et TERRESTRE mises en plan

Description:

Without ‘fol.4’; with shortened title: PLANISPHERE URANO-GEOGRAPHIQUE c'estadire LES SPHERES CELESTE et TERRESTRE mises en plan; and without much text on map; and without parallel ecliptical lines other than ‘Cercle de L’Ecliptique’, through map center.

Sphere with text showing parallels both vertical and at 23 deg. tilt. At center, small sphere showing Western Hemisphere and California as a large island. Similar to his known maps of 1695 & 1697.

see Shirley 573, 574, 591 & 592.

Issued in: Introduction a la geographie in plusieurs cartes avec leur explication. / Par Les Srs Sanson, Geographes ordinaires du Roy. -- A Paris : Dans le cloitre de St. Nicolas du Louvre, MDCCVII [1707], following [page] 5. 1 volume ; [xvi], 139 : 24 maps (hand col.) ; 26 cm.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/ps921pn8250

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/ps921pn8250, 118, and 118-02

Creator:

Moulart-Sanson, Pierre, d. 1730.

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

America--Maps and California as an island--Maps

Theme:

Imagery

Rights:

Image from the Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island 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