- Bib ID:
- 19484
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Dunn, Samuel, -1794
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Scale:
- Scale [ca. 1:20 000 000]
- Description:
-
- London : Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1780 June 1
- 1 map : col. ; 2 hemispheres each 60.2 cm. in diam., on sheet 105.3 x 127.0 cm.
- Partial contents:
-
- The solar system
- The dimensions of the solar system
- The Northern Hemisphere, astronomical definitions
- The Southern Hemisphere
- A table of the place of the sun in the ecliptic & declination
- An astronomical latitude & longitude analemma
- Geographical definitions
- The cause of the tides explained
- Geographical definitions
- The art of dialing by a common globe
- An universal scale
- A chart of the world according to Mercator's projection with the rhumb lines
- Selenography or a map of the moon according to Father Riccioli
- The vicissitude of seasons explained
- The analemma.
- Notes:
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- Double hemispherical world map surrounded by information concerning physical and celestial geography in the form of diagrams and text. Shows Cook's newly discovered southern Pacific Ocean including the east coast of Australia. Relief shown pictorially.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-232209886
- Library's copy printed on 4 sheets joined.
- Subject:
- World maps -- Early works to 1800
- Time Coverage:
- 1780
- Other authors/contributors:
- Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
- Copyright:
-
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1794
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1780
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