[John Low]. Possibly reissued in Ester Low’s (wife) edition from 1810. Pl. XCVI. (top right). Sheet showing numerous projections. The polar projection, labeled “Fig. 4.” in the bottom left-hand corner depicts California as an island. Engraved for the Encyclopaedia, Published in N. York. (lower middle). Issued in his: The new and complete American encyclopaedia: or, universal dictionary of arts and sciences ... Vol. IV. ..., New York : Printed and Published by John Low, 1808. (Volumes printed between 1805-1811). Sabin 52441; Rumsey Collection; Meridian article by Mary Ritzlin, No. 2, 1989.
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