A new and accvrat map of the world : drawne according to ye truest descriptions latest discoveries & best observations y[e]t have beene made by English or strangers.

Found In:

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A new and accvrat map of the world : drawne according to ye truest descriptions latest discoveries & best observations y[e]t have beene made by English or strangers.

16389944

Description

Title: A new and accvrat map of the world : drawne according to ye truest descriptions latest discoveries & best observations y[e]t have beene made by English or strangers.
Alternative Title: New and accurat map of the world
New and accurate map of the world
Creator: Walton, Robert, 1618-1688
Contributor: Petau, Denis, 1583-1652
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
Copyright Date: [1659?]
Description: Attributed to Robert Walton; based on a map by John Speed.
From Denis Petau's History of the world (1659).
Includes insets of "The heavens and elements," "The eclipse of the sunn," "A figure of the spheare," and "The eclipse of the moone," 2 celestial hemispheres, historical notes, and illustrations.
Relief shown pictorially.
Shows California as an island.
Watermark.
Extent: 1 map ; 2 hemispheres each 25 cm in diam., within borders 37 x 52 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale approximately 1:150,000,000.
Coordinates: (W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°)., 090.000000, -090.000000, 150000000, 180.000000, -180.000000, and a
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Lanman 11 1659A

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: cartographic
Genre: California as an island.
Maps--World Maps.--1942
Resource Type: Maps, Atlases & Globes
Subject (Name): Petau, Denis, 1583-1652
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
Subject (Topic): World maps--Early works to 1800

Access And Usage Rights

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 397

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 13278597
Object ID (OID): 16389944