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Chart to illustrate the Landfall of Columbus 12 October 1492 [in the West Indies]
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- Creator
- by A.B. Becher, Captain R.N. 1856 ; Malby & Sons, Lith
- Format
- Maps, Atlases
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- London : John Murray, 1856
- [London] : Malby & Sons, Lith., 1856
- London : Royal Geographical Society, 1856
- Physical Details
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- 1 map : color ; 405 x 612 mm
- OCLC
- ocn316568016
- Cartographic Data
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Scale not given(W 79°00ʹ--W 66°10ʹ/N 25°10ʹ--N 17°35ʹ).
- Shows contemporary place names, names given by Columbus, and tracks of Columbus according to 3 different sources.
- Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings and isolines.
- In: The Landfall of Columbus ... By A.B. Becher.
- "Dedicated by permission to the Rt. Honorable Sir Chas. Wood Bart. &c &c., 1856."
- Inset maps: The Crooked Isles -- Watling Island. Also includes 2 views.