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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Title
A chart of the British Channel, on Mercator's Projection ...
Names
Knight, John (Cartographer)
Steel & Co. (Publisher)
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Maps of Europe

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Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1818
Place: London
Publisher: Steele & co.
Edition: 5th ed.
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 11-426
Topics
Europe
English Channel
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: "A new edition, with all recent alterations to the present time, accompanied with a large sheet, separately, containing particular charts on a large scale, of the Downs and Margate Roads; the Isle of Whight; Needles Passage; Torbay; Plymouth Sound; Harbours of Fowey, Falmouth and Cork; Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, etc.; Harbours of Cherbourg and Havre de Grace; the Environs of Boulogne etc. Together with a book of complete sailing directions."
Content: Includes 20 engraved illustrations of islands, harbors and other landmarks.
Content: Insets: Mounts Bay, Cape Cornwall, Spithead etc., Portland etc., I. Grain, Exmouth Bar, Scilly Isles, Dartmouth Harbour, Ushant.
Content: Note across west sheet of map: "Rennell's Current, setting at times to the north & west, as described in the Book of directions.
Content: Relief is represented by hachures, and depth by bathymetric soundings.
Statement of responsibility: by John Knight, Esq.
Content: Scale [ca. 1:500,000] (W 11°35ʹ--E 2°50ʹ/N 52°50ʹ--N 48°10ʹ).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map on 3 sheets ; 92 x 180 cm., sheets 92 x 61 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19548350
Barcode: 33433095987271
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 689598b0-c6e7-012f-78d5-58d385a7bc34
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  • 1818: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A chart of the British Channel, on Mercator's Projection ..." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1818. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b43a8a63-83b8-3f9c-e040-e00a18061a9b

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A chart of the British Channel, on Mercator's Projection ..." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b43a8a63-83b8-3f9c-e040-e00a18061a9b

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1818). A chart of the British Channel, on Mercator's Projection ... Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b43a8a63-83b8-3f9c-e040-e00a18061a9b

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A chart of the British Channel, on Mercator's Projection ...