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A new geographical map or chart of the Atlantic Ocean with the continents of Europe Africa & America &c

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Printed map. "(NB) This is the first map or chart of this kind ever published, engraved by Emanl. Bowen Geographer to his Majesty." "This chart is that projection of the spherical zone on the surface of a cone invented by the Rd. Mr. Murdoch & described in Phil: Trans: Vol: L. 1758." "Engrav'd for the General Magazine of Arts & Sciences; for W. Owen at Temple Bar 1763." Prime meridian: London. Originally published in Benjamin Martin's The General Magazine of Arts and Sciences, 14 volumes (London: Printed for W. Owen, 1755-1765). Acquired as part of the Hodsoll Collection.

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Title
A new geographical map or chart of the Atlantic Ocean with the continents of Europe Africa & America &c: on the east & west side of it
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Description
Printed map. "(NB) This is the first map or chart of this kind ever published, engraved by Emanl. Bowen Geographer to his Majesty." "This chart is that projection of the spherical zone on the surface of a cone invented by the Rd. Mr. Murdoch & described in Phil: Trans: Vol: L. 1758." "Engrav'd for the General Magazine of Arts & Sciences; for W. Owen at Temple Bar 1763." Prime meridian: London. Originally published in Benjamin Martin's The General Magazine of Arts and Sciences, 14 volumes (London: Printed for W. Owen, 1755-1765). Acquired as part of the Hodsoll Collection.
Publisher
Contributor
Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694-1767
Date
1763
Type
Format
map, Scale not given
Identifier
macrepo:31446, local: RMC_107622
Source
Language
eng
Relation
Coverage
Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Coast
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