A chart of the Atlantic Ocean : its islands and the adjacent continents: In which the British Dominions in Europe and America, the West Indies, and on the African coast are seen at one view: The distances and superficial dimensions retaining every where very nearly their just proportions, and the rumbs, exactly delineated, shew the nautical courses from any port to the entrance of the British Channel, or between any two ports proposed

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Title:
A chart of the Atlantic Ocean : its islands and the adjacent continents: In which the British Dominions in Europe and America, the West Indies, and on the African coast are seen at one view: The distances and superficial dimensions retaining every where very nearly their just proportions, and the rumbs, exactly delineated, shew the nautical courses from any port to the entrance of the British Channel, or between any two ports proposed
Cartographer:
Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784
Engraver:
Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784
Bookseller:
Millar, Andrew, 1705-1768
Contributor:
Faden, William, 1749-1836
Name on Item:
engraved by Thos. Kitchin, geographer
Date:
[1758?]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Nautical charts
Location:
Boston Athenaeum
Collection (local):
Cartographic Collection
Subjects:
North Atlantic Ocean--Maps--Early works to 1800
Nautical charts--North Atlantic Ocean--Early works to 1800
Maps--North Atlantic Ocean--1750-1760
Places:
North Atlantic Ocean
Extent:
1 col. map ; on 6 sheets 58 x 69 cm.
Terms of Use:
Collection of the Boston Athenaeum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/46
Contact host institution for more information.
Publisher:
[London] : Printed for A. Millar
Scale:
Scale ca. 1:5,800,000
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=435821
Notes:
North and South sheets.
Relief shown pictorially.
"Projected in the manner which is described and recommended by the Revd. Pr. Murdoch, F.R.S. in vol. 1, part 2d, no. 73. of the Philosophical transactions."
Includes "Note."
Issued as maps 1-2 of: The North American Atlas / William Faden. London : W. Faden, 1777.
Notes (acquisition):
Purchase; Bowditch Fund; Jan. 5, 1864.
Notes (object):
Hand colored.
Barcode:
31807008129828