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Type of resource cartographic
Extent 7.8 cm. in diameter on sheet 23.8 x 18.0 cm.
Place [London]
Publisher J. Wilkes
Date created 1807
Map data Scale not given ; W 0° --E 0°/N 90° --N 90°W 180° --E 180°/N 85° --S 85°

Creators/Contributors

Creator Wilkes, John, of Milland House, Sussex
Engraver Pass, J.

Subjects

Subject California as an island > Maps
Subject Northern Hemisphere > Maps
Genre Map
Genre Digital maps
Genre Early maps
Genre Separate map

Bibliographic information

Statement of responsibility [John Wilkes]
Note Page showing five hemispherical maps of the world. Hemispheres numbered “2” and “4” show California as an unlabeled island from a polar and oblique projection, respectively.
Note J. Pass sculp (lower right).
Note Published as the Act directs, Jany. 1st 1807, by J. Wilkes (lower middle).
Note Plate III. (upper right).
Publications Issued in his: Encyclopaedia londinensis; or, universal dictionary of arts, sciences & literature ... London, Adlard, 1810-1829.
Note Supplementary title below maps: Projections of the Sphere, and common Terrestrial Globe.
References UCLA.
Post publication map number 511
Location https://purl.stanford.edu/bj193td2334

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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.
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The Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island

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