A new and accurat map of the world : drawne according to ye truest descriptions, latest discoueries & best obseruations yt haue beene made by English or strangers, 1651.
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A new and accurat map of the world : drawne according to ye truest descriptions, latest discoueries & best obseruations yt haue beene made by English or strangers, 1651.
Collection
Names
Bassett, Thomas (Bookseller)
Speed, John, 1552?-1629 (Author)
Chiswell, Richard (Bookseller)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1676
Place: London
Publisher: Are to be sold by Tho. Bassett in Fleet Street and Ric. Chiswell in St. Pauls Church yard,
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 02-321 [Filed with World, 1651]
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Notes
Content: From John Speed's Prospect of the most famous parts of the world, 1676.
Content: Imprint on map indicates this is 4th state, according to Shirley.
Content: Includes ancillary maps and diagrams of "The heavens and elements," "The eclipsie of the sunnie," "A figure of the spheare," and "The eclipse of the moonie," 2 celestial hemispheres, historical notes, and ill.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Content: Text on verso: The general description of the world, [p.] 1-2. Signature: A. Catchword: the.
Citation/Reference: Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the World, 317
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 2 hemispheres each 25 cm. in diam., on sheet 41 x 54 cm.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 42009068
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15437978
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 68a885d0-c6b6-012f-fd55-58d385a7bc34
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1676
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A new and accurat map of the world : drawne according to ye truest descriptions, latest discoueries & best obseruations yt haue beene made by English or strangers, 1651." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1676. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/68a885d0-c6b6-012f-fd55-58d385a7bc34
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1676). A new and accurat map of the world : drawne according to ye truest descriptions, latest discoueries & best obseruations yt haue beene made by English or strangers, 1651. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/68a885d0-c6b6-012f-fd55-58d385a7bc34
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A new and accurat map of the world : drawne according to ye truest descriptions, latest discoueries & best obseruations yt haue beene made by English or strangers, 1651." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/68a885d0-c6b6-012f-fd55-58d385a7bc34
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