A new and accvrat map of the world : drawne according to ye truest descriptions, latest discoveries & best observations yt have beene made by English or strangers, 1651.

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Description

Title: A new and accvrat map of the world : drawne according to ye truest descriptions, latest discoveries & best observations yt have beene made by English or strangers, 1651.
Alternative Title: A new and accurat map of the world
Creator: Speed, John, 1552?-1629.
Contributor: Bassett, Thomas, bookseller.
Chiswell, Richard.
Speed, John, 1552?-1629. Prospect of the most famous parts of the world.
Published / Created: [1676]
Publication Place: [London] :
Publisher: Sold by Tho. Bassett and Ric. Chiswell,
Description: "Are to be sold by Tho: Bassett in Fleet Street and Ric: Chiswell in St. Pauls Church yard"
Double hemisphere, with smaller celestial hemispheres and astronomical diagram.
From: A prospect of the most famous parts of the world... London...1676.
Mounted on linen, text on verso: "The generall description of the world" is still visible. Cross collection no. 17.
Shows California as an island.
This map is state 4, the last state published.
Extent: 1 map 2 hemispheres each 25 cm. in diam., on sheet 43 x 55 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale not given.
Coordinates: a
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: 11 1651A
Container / Volume: BRBL_00003

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: cartographic
Genre: California as an island.
World maps.
Resource Type: Maps, Atlases & Globes
Subject (Name): Bassett, Thomas, bookseller.
Chiswell, Richard.
Speed, John, 1552?-1629. Prospect of the most famous parts of the world.
Subject (Topic): World maps--Early works to 1800.

Access And Usage Rights

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Shirley, R. Mapping of the world, 1472-1700, 317

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 7483315
Object ID (OID): 16372730