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The world on Mercator's projection.

Description: Map shows early nineteenth century cities and known geography of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Steamship routes to east coast of United States are shown. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1851
Creator: Rapkin, J.
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Mappe monde qui comprend les nouvelles découvertes faites jusqu'a ce jour.

Description: Map shows the routes of Bering's lieutenants Alexei Chirikou in 1741, and Martin Spanbery in 1728, through the Bering Straight, and the route of the l'Aigle and the La Marie in 1739. Includes illustrations of indigenous peoples. Map is possibly from: Crepy's Atlas Nouveau [1767-1773]. Scale [ca. 1:100 000 000].
Date: 1767
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A generall [sic.] chart of the South Sea from the River of Plate to Dampiers Streights on ye coast of New Guinea

Description: Map shows islands islands in the "South Sea" and partial eastern coast lines of land forms including New Guinea and Japan; lower portion of North America including the eastern coast as far north as New England, the islands of the Caribbean, Central America, and all but the eastern portion of South America. California shown as an island. Includes cartouche and one historical note of discovery for "Staten Land" in the South Sea. Scale not given.
Date: [1690..1710]
Creator: Keating, Christopher
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L'Hydrographie ou description de l'Eau c'est a dire des mers, golfes, lacs, destroits [sic.], et rivieres principales, qui sont dans la surface du globe terrestre.

Description: Map shows five continents with a part of Australia labeled "Beach," faint outline traces of "Terre Australe Magellanique et Incogneue" at bottom of eastern hemisphere, "Nouvelle Guinee" in western part of the Pacific Ocean just south of the equator, and "Californie Isle." Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1652
Creator: Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667
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The world on Mercators projection.

Description: Map shows parts of the voyages of exploration undertaken by Captain Cook, Captain Weddell and Captain Parry. Inset: Lands contiguous to the South Pole drawn to the equatorial scale of the map. Inset: Lands contiguous to the North Pole drawn to the equatorial scale of the map. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:35,000,000].
Date: 1835
Creator: Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873
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Chart of the N.W. coast of America and the N.E. coast of Asia, explored in the years 1778 and 1779

Description: Map shows routes of Captain James Cook in 1778 and 1779 during exploration of the northwestern part of North America [present-day Alaska]. Coastlines, settlements, and areas of indigenous population in North America and northeast Asia are noted. Includes historical notes. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:10,137,600].
Date: 1794
Creator: Roberts, Henry
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Mappemonde en deux hémisphéres.

Description: Map shows major cities, continents, coastal ports, islands, and some political divisions, including Russian and Chinese empires. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1875
Creator: Brué, Adrien Hubert, 1786-1832
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The World in hemispheres with comparative views of the heights of the principal mountains and basins of the principal rivers on the globe.

Description: Map shows drainage of major rivers and relative heights of mountains throughout the Earth. Mountain heights are given in English feet. Insets: "Basins of the Amazon and Tocantins," "Basin of the La Plata," "Gt. Lakes & St. Lawrence," "Basin of the Mississippi & Missouri," "Basins of the Rhine, Danube & Dnieper," "Basins of the Volga & Ural," "Basins of the Indus," "Basins of the Ganges, Irawady," and "Basins of the Yenesei." Scale not given.
Date: [1852..1864]
Creator: Swanston, George H.
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The World on Mercator's projection.

Description: Map shows six world continents, some political divisions, major cities, the Chinese Empire and Russian America; Spitsbergen and Nova Zemlia north of Europe, "Independent Tartary" in southwest Asia, and "Nueva California" as the southwest portion of North America. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1841
Creator: J. & C. Walker
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Physical map of the world showing the directions of mountain-chains, the ocean-basins and principal river-systems, trade-wind & monsoon-regions, &c.

Description: Map shows direction of trade winds, placement of major mountain ranges on the major continents and New Zealand, the Southern Hemisphere, Northern Hemisphere, and "The World on the plane of the Horizon of London." Includes color key to watershed for major rivers and two tables of "Comparative lengths of 12 principal Rivers" [twenty-four rivers total]. Imaginary section in lower margin shows a comparison of the greatest elevations of the land, and the greatest ascertained depression of the sea wh… more
Date: [1875..1895]
Creator: Mackenzie, William
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The World.

Description: Map shows six world continents, some political boundaries, major cities, "Spitsbergen" and "Nova Zembla" north of Europe, and Russian and British America. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1841
Creator: Cruchley, G. F.
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Chart of the world on Mercator's projection.

Description: Map shows six continents, Australia as "New Holland," the "Russian Empire," "Chinese Tartary," major cities, dates and names for geographic discoveries, and areas of Native American habitation in North America. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1817..1837]
Creator: Wyld, James, 1790-1836
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The World from the best authorities.

Description: Map shows political boundaries and some major cities in six known continents with Australia shown as "New Holland." Zodiak, "ecliptick," and "equinoctial" lines are also depicted. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given. Map is from "A New Geographical, Commercial and Historical Grammar."
Date: 1791
Creator: McIntyre, Archibald
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Descrittione del mappamondo.

Description: Map huge Antarctic land mass as "Terra Incognita" and the five known continents. Includes text describing the world. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1621~
Creator: Porcacchi, Thomaso, ca. 1530-1585?
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