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The world according to Mercator's projection or Edw Wright's RMG F0054
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The world according to Mercator's projection or Edw Wright's RMG F0054

The world according to Mercator's projection or Edw Wright's Single sheet, hand coloured engraving. Mercator projection. Two sets of diagrams above the map illustrate: Plain sailing in its most usual cases, and The usual cases of Wright's sailing. From an unidentified navigation manual (perhaps by Patoun) Plate 3, Page 48. It illustrates the trigonometry needed to use a Mercator seachart. G201:1/34 world by Wright

Date
c. 1730
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
chart
Original size
5,324 × 3,337 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

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"The world according to Mercator's projection or Edw Wright's RMG F0054" (c. 1730). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_world_according_to_Mercator%27s_projection_or_Edw_Wright%27s_RMG_F0054.tiff

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