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A chart of the EAST-SEA

Contains 8 pages of text and 173 double-page large folio charts, colored by a contemporary hand.; Citation/Reference: Sabin 95631; Most of the maps bear the imprint of Samuel Thornton, but some were issued by John Thornton, and others. The volumes may be a compilation from several sources, including John Thornton's Atlas maritimus.--cf. Bookseller's description inserted in v. 1; Sabin 95631; and Phillips 2833, 3455.

Date
1702
Mapmaker / publisher
Scan by NYPL
Place
the Baltic Sea
Archive
New York Public Library (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
chart
Original size
8,880 × 4,944 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 the EAST-SEA" (1702). Scan by NYPL. New York Public Library, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_chart_of_the_EAST-SEA_(NYPL_b13909432-1640726).jpg

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