A new map of the world : with all the new discoveries by Capt. Cook and other navigators : ornamented with the Solar System, the eclipses of the sun, moon & planets &c. /
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Relief shown pictorially.
Also shows lines of magnetic variation and marine wind-direction arrows.
"Published as the Act directs, Aug't 1st 1799, by I. Evans, No. 41 Long Lane, West Smithfield."
Originally printed on 2 sheets.
Imperfect: Use-worn, fold-lined, wrinkled/missing small sections at edges, taped on verso at edges.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Purchase; Richard B. Arkway Inc.; Apr. 2002.
Includes 12 circular diagrams of sun, moon, planets, and Solar System.
Acquisitions control no.: 2002-26
Rennaisance Cosmography, Astronomy, and Astrology Images and Diagrams
Tartary, a vast country in the northern parts of Asia, bounded by Siberia on the north and west: this is called Great Tartary. The Tartars who lie south of Muscovy and Siberia, are those of Astracan, Circassia, and Dagistan, situated north-west of the Caspian-sea; the Calmuc Tartars, who lie between Siberia and the Caspian-sea; the Usbec Tartars and Moguls, who lie north of Persia and India; and lastly, those of Tibet, who lie north-west of China.
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