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Nea-Polynesia, or the islands newly discover'd in the Pacific Ocean

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58102367


Item data

Title

Nea-Polynesia, or the islands newly discover'd in the Pacific Ocean

Collection

Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases
Atlases
Atlas minimus universalis, or, A geographical abridgement, ancient and modern, of the several parts of the earth: in fifty-five maps, composed principally for the use of schools &c.

Names

Palmer, W. (William), 1739-1812 (Engraver)
Faden, William, 1749-1836 (Cartographer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1798-01-01
Date Issued: 1804
Place: London
Publisher: Published by Wm. Faden, geographer to His Majesty, and His R.H. the Prince of Wales

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 97-6078 [LHS 350F; atlas cases]

Subjects

Atlases -- Great Britain
Maps in education -- England
Historical geography
Polynesia

Genres

Maps

Notes

Acquisition: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15408666
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): edee1730-a804-0137-1120-1f117758be32

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1804

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Nea-Polynesia, or the islands newly discover'd in the Pacific Ocean" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1798. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/edee1730-a804-0137-1120-1f117758be32

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1798). Nea-Polynesia, or the islands newly discover'd in the Pacific Ocean Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/edee1730-a804-0137-1120-1f117758be32

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Nea-Polynesia, or the islands newly discover'd in the Pacific Ocean" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/edee1730-a804-0137-1120-1f117758be32

Wikipedia citation

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