A collection of maps of the world

More Details Cite This Item

View this item elsewhere:

Title
A collection of maps of the world
Additional title: Collection of maps, 1680-1690
Names
Morden, Robert, -1703 (Cartographer)
Slaney, Edward (Associated name)
Berry, William, active 1669-1708 (Publisher)
Petty, William, Sir, 1623-1687 (Surveyor)
Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667 (Cartographer)
Collection

Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases

Atlases

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1680 - 1689 (Inferred)
Place: London
Publisher: Sold by William Berry at the sign of the globe between Charing-Cross and White-Hall
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 97-6050[LHS 326; atlas cases]
Topics
South America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Atlases, British
Ireland
Jamaica
World maps
North America
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Includes 5 maps of Ireland surveyed by Sir William Petty.
Content: Includes geographical tables of the divisions of the world, Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Spain, and Italy, each on a separate leaf.
Content: Issued without t.p. Title supplied based on entry in Phillips. Author statement and imprint based on statements on many of the maps.
Ownership: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 326.
Date: Maps published separately at various dates.
Content: NYPL copy accompanied by 2nd copy of map [19], "... Turky in Europe ..."
Content: NYPL copy has maps numbered in pencil to match contents numbering in Phillips.
Content: NYPL copy lacks geographical table of divisions of the world.
Funding: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Citation/reference: Phillips 3442
Statement of responsibility: [described by Sanson ; corrected and amended by William Berry.]
Physical Description
Extent: 1 atlas (1 v. (loose-leaf)) : 38 hand col. maps (some folded) ; in box 67 cm.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 16926638
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15469755
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e8008b20-c5d3-012f-1973-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1680: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A collection of maps of the world" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1680 - 1689. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e8008b20-c5d3-012f-1973-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A collection of maps of the world" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e8008b20-c5d3-012f-1973-58d385a7bc34

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1680 - 1689). A collection of maps of the world Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e8008b20-c5d3-012f-1973-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e8008b20-c5d3-012f-1973-58d385a7bc34 | title= A collection of maps of the world, (1680 - 1689) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=May 8, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

A collection of maps of the world