Neue Welt-Karte welche auf zwoo Kugelflaechen die Haupt-Theile der Erde, Inseln, Insel-Gruppen, Theile des Welt-Meers und deren Benennungen, den fünfsten Welt-theile und die neuesten Entdekkungen, nach den Karten und Reise-beschreibungen berühmtesten Seefahrer und Gelehrten unsres Zeit-alters der Herren Cook, Forster, Pallas, u. a. m. nebst einer kurzen Erklaerung enhelt
Description
Alternative title | Atlas geographicus maior |
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Type of resource | cartographic |
Extent | 1 map : hand col ; 2 hemispheres each 26 cm. in diam., on sheet 52 x 64 cm. |
Place | Germany |
Place | Nurnberg |
Publisher | Homannischen Erben |
Publication date | 1784 |
Issuance | monographic |
Language | German |
Map data | Scale [ca. 1:76,032,000] ; W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90° |
Creators/Contributors
Publisher | Homann Erben (Firm) |
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Subjects
Subject | World maps > Early works to 1800 |
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Genre | Map |
Genre | Early maps |
Genre | Digital maps |
Genre | Maps |
Bibliographic information
Statement of responsibility | Im Verlag des Homannischen Erben zu Nürnberg Ao. 1784 ; Mit Kayserlichem Allergnäd Privilegio. |
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Note | California is an unsual shape, almost forming an island. It is labeled but with no place names. |
Note | Includes German text and tables in lower third. |
Note | Relief shown pictorially. |
Note | Prime meridian: Ferro. |
Note | Shows Cook's tracks; an unusual configuratiion of Alaska; Great Lakes shown as one lake; Van Diemens Land connected to mainland. |
Note | From Atlas geographicus maior, 1759-[1784]. |
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Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/tg687xb4145 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- 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.
- Copyright
- 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
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights (Public Domain Mark 1.0).
Collection
The Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island
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