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Map of the World from the Best Authorities
Map of the World from the Best Authorities

Map of the World from the Best Authorities

Date1807
Object number00029302
NameMap
MediumPaper
DimensionsSheet: 252 x 411 mm
Image: 185 x 354 mm
Overall: 252 x 411 mm, 0.01 kg
ClassificationsMaps, charts and plans
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionPublished in 1807 this double hemispherical map is entitled Map of the World from the Best Authorities, engraved by James Barlow Sculp.HistoryThis map is probably from A General View of the World, Geographical, Historical, and Philosophical; on a Plan Entirely New, by the Rev Ezekiel Blomfield, 2 vols (C. Brightly and T. Kinnersley, Bungay, 1804 and 1807).
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