[World map].
Description
Type of resource | cartographic |
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Extent | One hemisphere 19 cm. diameter. |
Place | [London] |
Date created | [1759] |
Map data | Scale not given ; W 160° --E 20°/N 90° --S 90° |
Creators/Contributors
Creator | Burnet, Thomas, 1635?-1715. |
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Subjects
Subject | America > Maps |
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Subject | California as an island > Maps |
Genre | Map |
Genre | Digital maps |
Genre | Early maps |
Bibliographic information
State 3 | 1759, with "[Map] N:2, Book.1, Pag[e] 186". Copy 2 includes both hemispheres with "[Map] N:, Book.1, Pag[e] 186" above eastern hemisphere. |
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Note | Western Hemisphere of azimuthal equal-area projection. No place names except for the label “America” on the continent. Attempt to show the ocean floor in relief. California as an island similar to second Sanson model but with a more angular northwest tip, as by Colom and Doncker. |
References | Shirley 507; UCB; Ashley Baynton-Williams. |
Publications | Issued in: The Sacred theory of the earth : containing an account of its original creation, and of all the changes, which it hath undergone, or is to undergo, until the consummation of all things; 2 Vol. -- 7th ed./ by Thomas Burnet. -- London : Printed for T. Osborn et al., 1759. |
Original McLaughlin Book Number (1995 edition) | 77 |
Original McLaughlin book number (1995 edition) with latest state information | 77-03 |
Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/rz719bn3758 |
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.
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The Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island
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