A general map of the world, or terraqueous globe : with all the new discoveries and marginal delineations, containing the most interesting particulars in the solar, starry and mundane system
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Title
A general map of the world, or terraqueous globe : with all the new discoveries and marginal delineations, containing the most interesting particulars in the solar, starry and mundane system
Collection
Names
Dunn, Samuel, -1794 (Cartographer)
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794 (Publisher)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1787-01-06
Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robert Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street ...
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 02-322
Subjects
Solar system -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Stars
World maps
Western Hemisphere -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Eastern Hemisphere -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Genres
Notes
Content: Includes text, diagrams, and tables.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Content: Shows tracks of ship voyages.
Statement Of Responsibility: by Saml. Dunn, mathematician.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map on 2 sheets : hand col. ; 2 hemispheres each 59 cm. in diam., on 106 x 128 cm., sheets 106 x 66 cm.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 50334887
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15469745
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 97b05740-003e-0130-b068-58d385a7bc34
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Date Issued
1787-01-06
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A general map of the world, or terraqueous globe : with all the new discoveries and marginal delineations, containing the most interesting particulars in the solar, starry and mundane system" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1787. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/97b05740-003e-0130-b068-58d385a7bc34
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1787). A general map of the world, or terraqueous globe : with all the new discoveries and marginal delineations, containing the most interesting particulars in the solar, starry and mundane system Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/97b05740-003e-0130-b068-58d385a7bc34
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A general map of the world, or terraqueous globe : with all the new discoveries and marginal delineations, containing the most interesting particulars in the solar, starry and mundane system" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/97b05740-003e-0130-b068-58d385a7bc34
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