New and Correct Chart Shewing (sic) the Variations of the Compass in the Western & Southern Oceans, A

Sub-Title

As Observed in ye Year 1700

Subject

Western and Southern Oceans, Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Coasts of North America; South America. Compass variation, from true north. Westerm coasts of Europe and Africa, sea-faring map.

Date

1700 (historical)

Mapmaker

Halley, Edmund

Publisher

Mount, R[ichard] and T[homas] Page

Place of Publication

London

Accession Number

1982.077.020

Alternate number

Seiferth Collection

Condition

Good. Some surface dirt, foxing.

Curatorial Notes

See Phillips, vol. III, #3334, p. 57. Nicely colored. Three cartouches illustrate Indians, palm trees, navigational instruments, horns of plenty.

Market Value

1982 appraisal: $3,200.00.

Notes

Plate 22 from Mount & Page's 1702 "Atlas Maritimus Novus, or the New Sea-Atlas." Interesting map locating Atlantic Ocean in the center of the map, with North and South America, Africa, and Europe shown along the left and right sides. Dedicated to William III.

Size

22 1/4 x 18 3/4

Storage

c02d02