Basis geographiae recentioris astronomica. in qua situs locorum insigniorum geographici ea exactitudine, qua celeberrimi astronomi eosdem per observationes e plurimis luminarium et circumjovialium eclipsibus nobis hactenus suppeditarunt pro certiori geographiae stablimento positi designantur

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Alternative title	Atlas Novus Coelestis
Type of resource	cartographic
Extent	1 map : col. ; 2 hemispheres each 26 cm. in diam.
Place	Germany
Place	Norimbergae
Publisher	Johann Baptist Homann
Publication date	1738; [1738?]
Issuance	monographic
Language	Latin
Map data	Scale [ca. 1:90,000,000] ; W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°

Associated with	Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Associated with	Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel, 1677-1750

Statement of responsibility	A Iohanne Gabriele Doppelmaiero Math. PP. opera Ioh. Bapt. Homanni S.C.M. Geogr.
Note	California shown as an unlabeled island with no place names. The island has two very deep bays on the seaward side, nearly cleaving it in two.
Note	The map has very few markings except those points shown in the charts above and below the map. The astronomically-derived points of latitude and longitude are noted in the charts along with the relevant observer.
Note	The cherubs below the map are using contemporary instruments to record the transit of Jupiter's moons (top left), an eclipse of the sun (top center), and an eclipse of the moon (top right).
Note	Textual cartouche in the eastern hemisphere tells the difference of 22 1/2 degrees between the Isle of Fero meridian and the Paris meridian.
Note	Issued in his Atlas Novus Coelestis.
Referenced by	Title The Map Collector 46 Title Shirley, R.W. Mapping the world (4th ed.) p. 34-38
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/dy442xk6197

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The Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island

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