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Thou hast here, gentle reader, a true hydrographical description of so much of the world as hath beene hetherto discouered and is comne to our knowledge

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Title
Thou hast here, gentle reader, a true hydrographical description of so much of the world as hath beene hetherto discouered and is comne to our knowledge
Additional title: Wright-Molyneux map
Names
Wright, Edward (1558?-1615) (Cartographer)
Molyneux, Emery (Cartographer)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1599 (Questionable)
Place: London
Publisher: George Bishop, Ralph Newberie, and Robert Barker
Library locations
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: *KC+++ (1600, Hakluyt)
Topics
World maps
Genres
Maps
Notes
Exhibitions: Exhibited in 2012 in the Map Division as part of Mercator at 500.
Content: Originally part of *KC+ 1599 (Hakluyt, R. Principal navigations), copy 3: The principal navigations : voyages, traffiques and discoveries of the English nation... by Richard Hakluyt.
Date: Copyright date: 1599
Citation/reference: Indexed in: Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world (2001 ed.), 221.
Citation/reference: Described in The Hakluyt handbook / edited by David Beers Quinn. London : the Hakluyt Society, 1974 (second series, volume 145): Helen Wallis, 'Edward Wright and the 1599 world maps,' p. 69-73.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map on 2 sheets ; 43 x 62 cm., sheets 48 x 34 cm. and 48 x 33 cm
Scale [ca. 1:65,000,000]. At Equator ; Mercator proj. (W 180°--E 180°/N 72°--S 70°)
Description
Title from text in cartouche. Second state of map, distinguished by addition of cartouche near southern South America, with text about discoveries of Sir Francis Drake. Often referred to as: Wright-Molyneux map.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19666760
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 684d0ad0-c6b6-012f-b9ae-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Thou hast here, gentle reader, a true hydrographical description of so much of the world as hath beene hetherto discouered and is comne to our knowledge" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1599. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c4f92a6b-080c-0003-e040-e00a180641dc

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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Thou hast here, gentle reader, a true hydrographical description of so much of the world as hath beene hetherto discouered and is comne to our knowledge" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c4f92a6b-080c-0003-e040-e00a180641dc

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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. (1599). Thou hast here, gentle reader, a true hydrographical description of so much of the world as hath beene hetherto discouered and is comne to our knowledge Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c4f92a6b-080c-0003-e040-e00a180641dc

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Thou hast here, gentle reader, a true hydrographical description of so much of the world as hath beene hetherto discouered and is comne to our knowledge