Bowles's new four-sheet map of the world on Mercator's projection

Alternative Title:

Bowles's new four-sheet map of the world on Mercator's projection : exhibiting the several quarters of the globe divided into their respective empires, kingdoms, states, &c., agreeable to the latest treaties and political regulations now existing; together with all the new discoveries and most interesting tracks of those eminent circumnavigators, Cook, Byron, Bougainville, Perouse, Vancouver &c.

Description:

1 map : hand col., dissected and mounted on canvas ; 101 x 117 cm., folded in slipcase 21 x 14 cm. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. Includes latitudinary and longitudinary scale. Shows routes and years of 10 voyages. Engraved by B. Baker. Decorative title cartouche depicting voyaging supplies, a ship, and two explorers holding a map and a sextant. Includes notes on finding the distance betwixt two places. Top border shows hours, east from London.

Creator:

Bowles & Carver.

Provider:

University of Michigan

Collection:

07d-01

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

World maps

Date Issued:

1807

Spatial Coverage:

World

Rights:

This map is in the public domain.

Rights Holder:

Please attribute access and use of this digitized map to the Stephen S. Clark Library, University of Michigan Library. https://www.lib.umich.edu/about-us/policies/copyright-policy

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG

More details at:

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-005247144/39015095421411_0001