A Mercator map of the starry heavens - comprehending the whole equinoctial and terminated by the polar circles

Shows the path of the Great Comet of 1807, several planets, and the introduction of two constellations: Sciurus Volans (Flying Squirrel) and Marmor Sculptile (Bust of Columbus). Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink. "Publish'd according to Act of Congress." Accompanied by text: Description and exploration of the Mercator map of the starry heavens: with its application in the solutions of problems. 30 p.: ill.; 24 cm. Includes text and tables of information in left and right margins. Annotated in pencil on verso: Map of the heavens. Vendor: Boston Rare Maps, Southampton, MA.

Date: 1810
Mapmaker / publisher: Croswell, William; Wightman, Thomas
Archive: Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type: map
Sheets: 17
Original size: 3,936 × 3,384 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 Mercator map of the starry heavens - comprehending the whole equinoctial and terminated by the polar circles" (1810). Croswell, William; Wightman, Thomas. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Mercator_map_of_the_starry_heavens_-_comprehending_the_whole_equinoctial_and_terminated_by_the_polar_circles_LOC_2009575940-1.jpg

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