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A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia.
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A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia.

Plate 6

Scale ca. 1:20,000,000. Title from sheets 1 and 2. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Shows nautical exploration routes. "Published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 19, 1753, by T. Jefferys,. at the corner of St. Martins Lane Charing Cross." Includes text, historical and geographical notes, and tables of comparative astronomical observations. Accompanied by J. Green's: Remarks, in support of the new chart of North and South America; in six sheets. 48 p. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 651/2

Date
1753
Mapmaker / publisher
Jefferys, Thomas; Green, John
Place
South America
Scale
1:20,000,000
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
chart
Original size
8,058 × 6,462 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia." (1753). Jefferys, Thomas; Green, John. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_chart_of_North_and_South_America,_including_the_Atlantic_and_Pacific_Oceans,_with_the_nearest_coasts_of_Europe,_Africa_and_Asia._LOC_75692293-6.jpg

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