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A New and correct chart of the Western and Southern Oceans: shewing the variations of the compass according to the latest and best observations.
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A New and correct chart of the Western and Southern Oceans: shewing the variations of the compass according to the latest and best observations.

"This chart. was first constructed from observations made in the year 1700 by the great Dr. Halley, but. construct ed. anew from accurate observations. about the year 1744."; Covers North and South Atlantic Oceans.; Differs from similar map. Uncolored. Text pasted at sides also differs.; Includes text pasted on both sides.; Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection; 427.; National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.

Date
1748
Mapmaker / publisher
Scan by NYPL
Archive
New York Public Library (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
chart
Original size
5,659 × 4,816 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 New and correct chart of the Western and Southern Oceans: shewing the variations of the compass according to the latest and best observations." (1748). Scan by NYPL. New York Public Library, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_New_and_correct_chart_of_the_Western_and_Southern_Oceans_-_shewing_the_variations_of_the_compass_according_to_the_latest_and_best_observations_(NYPL_b15317633-434474).jpg

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