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A Chart of the World According to Mercator's Projection. Shewing the latest Discoveries of Capt. Cook By Mathew Carey
1814 Mathew Carey
A Chart of the World According to Mercator's Projection. Shewing the latest Discoveries of Capt. Cook
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Mathew Carey
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A Chart of the World According to Mercator's Projection. Shewing the latest Discoveries of Capt. Cook
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Philadelphia / 1814
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18 x 14 inches
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VG
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A nice example of Carey's map of the World, showing the three voayages of Captain James Cook, each indicated with a different type of line on the map.

Van Diemen's Land is still attached to Australia and New Zealand and includes a primitive shape. The NW Coast of America is still largely inaccurate and the area of Alaska and Canada above the Arctic Circle is vague and conjectural, with Cook's furtherest northern point in July 1779 noted. Several fields of ice which were encountered around the Antarctic Circle are also noted.

One of the earliest folio sized maps of the World printed in America. The map is similar to the edition which appeared in Guthrie's Geography and may have been printed from the same plate, as there is faint evidence of erasure at the top center.

Condition Description
Minor soiling and light discoloration at centerfold.
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