Hydrographical Chart of the World on Wright or Mercator's Projection With Tracts of the Last Circumnavigators.

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Good. Some toning and transference. A few old verso repairs to margins. Size 18 x 20.5 Inches. An example of John Thomson's 1814 map of the world on Mercator's projection. Published in the 1814 edition of Thomson's General Atlas , this map was drawn to illustrate the great voyages of discovery of the late 18th century, most specifically Cook, Perouse, and Vancouver. The Last Unknowns Exploratory routes zigzag through the oceans and seas of this map, showing important landmarks on the voyages illustrated: Cook's death in Hawaii, Vancouver's exploration of the Nootka Sound, and Perouse's navigations in Alaska. The routes of Phips around Spitzbergen and Pickersgill in the Baffin Bay are also delineated. The vastly important inland expeditions of Mackenzie (1789) and Hearne (1771) through the interior of North America are also noted. Publication History and Census This is the first edition of Thomson's map from the 1814 General Atlas . It was engraved by Robert Scott in Edinburgh. The atlas was published by Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. Subsequent editions of Thomson's General Atlas were published in 1817 and 1826. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers WorldMercator-thomson-1814-2

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