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A MAP OF THE WORLD Corrected from the Observations communicated to the Royal Societys of London and Paris. (Sheet one)

Description:

Engraved by: H. Hulsburgh, Sc.

Wagner 497 & 522.

California shown as possible island or peninsula and only "The suppos'd Straits of Annian" to the north. Includes Port Sr. Fra. Drake.

Dedication: To the Right Honourable Richard Boyle, Earle of Burlington and Cork, Viscount Dungarvan, Baron Clifford of Lansborough and Baron Boyle of Youghail. This Map is Dedicated by his most Obedient and most humble Serv.ts Iohn Senex (John Maxwells' name partially erased).

Includes text: "The theory of the tides from Sir Isaac Newton's Phil. Nat. Princ. Math." and "An attempt to assigne the Physical cause of the Trade Winds and Monsoons by Dr. Ed. Halley"."Sold by I. Senex at the Globe against St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet London 1725."

by Iohn Senex, F.R.S.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/wq518kc9327

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/wq518kc9327

Creator:

Senex, John, d. 1740

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

California as an island, Maps, and World

Date Issued:

1725

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:

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