General Map of the World or Terraqueous Globe

Sub-Title

with All the New Discoveries and Marginal Delineations, Containing the Most Interesting Particulars in the Solar, Starry and Mundane System. Western Hemisphere or the New World by Mr. D'Anville With the New Discoveries and Several Additions. Eastern Hemisphere or the Old World by Mr. D'Anville, with the New Discoveries and Several Additions

Subject

Word, hemispheres, tides, solar system

Date

1794 May 12

Mapmaker

Dunn, Samuel, mathemetician; [Jean Baptiste Bourguignon] d' Anville, original map maker

Publisher

Laurie & Whittle

Place of Publication

London

Accession Number

1982.077.027a-b

Alternate number

Seiferth Collection

Condition

Good. Some separation along joining lines. Some slight staining, foxing.

Curatorial Notes

This was originally numbered 1982.077.027 a-d, eventhough there are only two sheets since the original four sheets were joined into two. Plates 2 and 3 from unidentified source. Previous Curator's notes, "also published as plates 2 and 3 in T. Kitchen & Others, "A New Universal Atlas."

Insets

1. The Solar System 2. The Northern Hemisphere 3. The Southern Hemisphere 4. An Astronomical Latitude & Longitude Analemma 5. The Analemma 6. Selenography or a Map of the Moon according to Father Riccioli 7. A Chart of the World according to Mercator's Projection 8. An Universal Scale of Equal Parts, Chords, Sines, Tangents, Secants, &c, &c.

Market Value

1982 appraisal: $800.00

Notes

Includes notes, "The Cause of the Tides Explained," "Geographic Definitions," "A Table of the Place of the Sun in the Ecliptic & Declination," "The Dimensions of the Solar System," "The Art of Dialing by a Common Globe," " The Vicissitude of the Seasons Explained." Includes routes of explorers.

Size

20 1/2 x 49 ea. Sheet

Storage

c02d01