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A chart of North and South America : including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia
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- [London] : Published by Robt. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1775
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- 3 maps on 6 sheets : hand colored ; 42 x 111 cm or smaller, sheets 47 x 58 cm
- OCLC
- ocn946316016, ocm08731487
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Scale ca. 1:5,500,000
- Title from sheet 1.
- Hand colored.
- Prime meridian: London and Ferro.
- Relief shown pictorially.
- Shows nautical exploration routes.
- "Published according to act of Parliament, 10 June, 1775, by Robt. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street."
- Appears in: The American atlas / Thomas Jefferys, 1776.
- Includes text, historical and geographical notes, and tables of comparative astronomical observations.
- Individual sheets marked I-VI below neat line at right.
- Chart containing part of the Icy Sea with the adjacent coast of Asia and America.--Chart comprizing Greenland with the countries and islands about Baffin's and Hudson's Bays.--Chart containing the coasts of California, New Albion, and Russian discoveries to the north ... --Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, with the British, French, & Spanish settlements in North America, and the West Indies.--Chart containing the greater part of the South Sea to the south of the line ... --Chart of South America, comprehending the West Indies, with the adjacent islands, in the Southern Ocean, and South Sea