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A new map of North America : shewing its principal divisions, chief cities, townes, rivers, mountains, &c., (1701)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | A new map of North America : shewing its principal divisions, chief cities, townes, rivers, mountains, &c., (1701) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu260 WSU 260; G 1015 W45 1701 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,414 |
| Creator | Wells, Edward, 1667-1727, Burghers, M., engraver |
| Date | 1701 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Oxford : Printed at the Theater |
| Description | 1 map : hand col., 40 x 50 cm. Numbered 39. Relief shown pictorially. London meridian. North America, including Gulf of Mexico to Newfoundland, and part of the west coast, with California as an island and Washington State listed as "parts as yet unknown." "Delin. MBurg sculpt. Univ. Oxon." Imprint derived from the atlas in which the map was issued. |
| Subject | North America -- Early works to 1800 -- Maps; Geography -- Early works to 1800. |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691 |
| Format | Original maps were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.4 software. These MrSid files were then uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries. image/jpeg |
| Contributor | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Is part of A new sett of maps both of antient and present geography : wherein not only the latitude and longitude of many places are corrected according to the latest observations, but also the most remarkable differences of antient and present geography may be quickly discern'd by a bare inspection or comparing of correspondent maps, which seems to be the most natural and easy method to lead young students (for whose use the work is principally intended) unto a competent knowledge of the geographic science ; together with a geographical treatise particularly adapted to the use and design of these maps / by Edward Wells . |
