A Generall Chart of the SOUTH SEA from the River of Plate to Dampiers Streights on ye Coast of NEW GUINEA

Description:

No attribution in cartouche. With attribution in cartouche, “By S. Thornton Hydrographer at the England Scotland & Ireland in the Minories London.” Copy is heavily hand annotated with place names in New Zealand, Australia and the South Seas. California as an island with indented northern coast. Prime meridian: "West Longitude from the Merridian of the Lizard" and "East Longitude from the Merridian of Tenareife". Copperplate engraved. From: Atlas Maritimus Novus, [1721-1735?]. Leighly 181.

Creator:

Mount, Richard, d. 1722. and Page, Thomas, d. 1733.

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

America--Maps, California as an island--Maps, and Pacific Ocean--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/vc132hr9626