[World map]

Description:

1759, with "[Map] N:2, Book.1, Pag[e] 186". Copy 2 includes both hemispheres with "[Map] N:, Book.1, Pag[e] 186" above eastern hemisphere. Western Hemisphere of azimuthal equal-area projection. No place names except for the label “America” on the continent. Attempt to show the ocean floor in relief. California as an island similar to second Sanson model but with a more angular northwest tip, as by Colom and Doncker. Shirley 507; UCB; Ashley Baynton-Williams. Issued in: The Sacred theory of the earth : containing an account of its original creation, and of all the changes, which it hath undergone, or is to undergo, until the consummation of all things; 2 Vol. -- 7th ed./ by Thomas Burnet. -- London : Printed for T. Osborn et al., 1759.

Creator:

Burnet, Thomas, 1635?-1715.

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

America--Maps and California as an island--Maps

Theme:

Imagery

Rights:

Image from the Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

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More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/rz719bn3758