Nova & accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula nautica variationum magneticarum index juxta observationes Anno 1700 habitas [map] / constructa per Edm. Halley.

Author
Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
Te Amsterdam : By R. & I. Ottens, [between 1725 and 1750]
Description
  • Scale [ca. 1:32,000,000]. (W 180°00ʹ00ʺ--E 180°00ʹ00ʺ/N 60°00ʹ00ʺ--S 60°00ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map : hand col. ; 51 x 141 cm., on sheet 54 x 150 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Getty AAT genre
    Notes
    • Map of the world showing lines of magnetic variation. Relief shown by isolines.
    • Inset: Polar projection [North Pole] W 90*00'--E 90*00'.
    • Part of the Eastern sheet repeated on the West.
    • Numbered "52" in right bottom corner, possibly plate from the Atlas Minor issued by R. & J. Ottens during 1725-50. Map lacks note "Cap de la Circoncision ontdekt den 1 January 1739" which appears on a later edition.
    Other title(s)
    Nova et accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula nautica variationum magneticarum
    OCLC
    221714017
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