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Hydrographical Chart of the World: according to Wrights or Mercators Projection



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    New Chart of the World on Wright's or Mercator's Projection

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    This map is a duplicate of 105:261. Minimum cartouche with compass rose on top.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Lantern and lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS notes: 1794 A new chart. 43..

    105:043 M

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    Hydrographical Chart of the World of Wright and Mercators Projection, with Tracts of the last Circumnavigators

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    Kashnor notes, "Gives a map of the North-West Coast, and shows the tracks of Vancouver, Cook, and La Perouse." See 105:233M for another copy. Printed No. 1 pasted upper right corner.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS. note: 24.

    093:024 M

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    New Chart of the World on Wright's or Mercator's Projection

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    Kashnor notes, "The second issue of this chart, the first to show the tracks of Pérouse on the North-West Coast from California to Behring Strait." See 105:043 and 105:261 for this map as issued in 1794, see 105:262 for another copy of this map. Minimum cartouche with compass rose on top. Published information moved to make room for reference to la Pérouse.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 44..

    105:044 M

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    New Chart of the World on Wright's or Mercator's Projection

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    Kashnor notes, "A fine map of the North-West Coast, the only one issued in this form which shows the track of La Perouse to California and up the coast to Bering's Bay." Locates Vancouver Island and the Georgian Strait with the note "which must be the Sea of the West." Greenland shown attached to North American mainland. This map is a later issue of 105:043 and 105:261. Added explorers routes. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 191.

    093:191 M

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    Hydrographical Chart of the World of Wright and Mercators Projection, with Tracts of the last Circumnavigators

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    Kashnor notes, "Showing the routes of Vancouver, Cook, Clerke, La Perouse, Pickersgill, and Phipps. A particularly good map of California and the North-West Coast." This is a duplicate of 093:024M. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS. note: 233.

    105:233 M

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    New Chart of the World on Wright's or Mercator's Projection in which are Exhibited All the Parts Hitherto Explored or Discovered with the Tracks of the British Circumnavigators Byron, Wallis, Carteret and Cook, &c

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    This map is a duplicate of 105:043. Minimum cartouche with compass rose on top.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Lantern and lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS notes: 190 261.

    105:261 M