Carte réduite des mers comprises entre l'Asie et l'Amérique : apelées par les navigateurs Mer du Sud ou Mer Pacifique : pour servir aux vaisseaux du Roy [map] / dressée aux Dépost des cartes, plans et journaux de la marine ; par ordre de M. le compte de Maurepas.

Format
Map
Language
French
Εdition
Cette carte a eté corrigeé en 1776.
Published/​Created
[Paris] : Depot de la Marine, 1776.
Description
  • (E 114°00ʹ00ʺ--W 63°00ʹ00ʺ/N 42°30ʹ00ʺ--S 60°00ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map : hand col. ; 54 x 81 cm. on sheet 64 x 86 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Related name
Library of Congress genre
Maps [Browse]
Getty AAT genre
Maps—Pacific Ocean—1776 [Browse]
Notes
  • Map of the Pacific Ocean, featuring rhumb lines and dates of discovery of some islands. Relief shown pictorially.
  • Prime meridians: Paris; Ferro; Teneriffe.
Source acquisition
Historic Maps copy acquired with funds provided by the Friends of the Princeton University Library.
OCLC
154674789
International Standard Recording Code
  • HM2008-14
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