A General Atlas, Describing The Whole Universe: Being A Complete Collection Of The Most Approved Maps Extant; Corrected With The Greatest Care, And Augmented From The Latest Discoveries. The Whole Being an Improvement of the Maps of D'Anville And Robert. Engraved in the best Manner on Sixty-Two Copper-Plates, By Thomas Kitchin, Senior, and Others ... London: Printed For Robert Sayer, No. 53, Fleet-Street
Description
| Type of resource | cartographic |
|---|---|
| Form | unmediated; volume |
| Extent | 1 atlas : 35 maps ; 55 x 41 cm. |
| Place | England |
| Place | London |
| Publisher | Robert Sayer |
| Publication date | 1790; [1790] |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Kitchin, Thomas. | |
|---|---|---|
| Associated with | Boulton, S. | |
| Associated with | Campbell, Lieut. | |
| Associated with | D'Anville. | |
| Associated with | Delarochette, L. | |
| Associated with | Dunn, Saml. | |
| Associated with | Jefferys, Thomas. | |
| Associated with | Pownall, Thomas. | |
| Associated with | Rocque, John. |
Subjects
| Subject | Atlases > Early works to 1800 |
|---|---|
| Subject | World maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Genre | Atlas |
| Genre | Cartographic image |
| Genre | World atlases. |
| Genre | Maps. |
| Genre | World maps. |
Bibliographic information
| Note | Late issue. Many of the maps are double sheet. This atlas was later expanded to become the New Universal Atlas (see our copy). Some of these maps also appeared in the American Atlas by Jefferys. There are actually 23 large maps, on 35 connected sheets, produced from 62 copper plates. Maps are and painted with outline and full color and bound in half leather tan marbled paper covered boards with "General Atlas" stamped in gold on the spine. |
|---|---|
| Note | References: P4300. |
| Note | World Atlas. |
| Local note | Pub list no.: 0411.000. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/cw133yx3810 |
| Location | electronic resource |
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- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC-SA).
Collection
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