The early cartography of the Pacific / by Lawrence C. Wroth
- Bib ID:
- 761123
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Wroth, Lawrence C. (Lawrence Counselman), 1884-1970
- Description:
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- New York : Bibliographical Society of America, 1944
- 192 p., 22 folded leaves of plates : maps ; 25 cm.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction
- 1. Before the great discoveries
- 2. The period of the great discoveries
- 3. The hypothetical Pacific
- 4. The Pacific becomes a reality
- 5. The Pacific is given bounds
- 6. The false continent, Terra Austrlais
- 7. New Guinea and the Solomons
- 8. The Dutch explorations and the mapping of Australia
- 9. Japan, the shuttlecock of the cartographers
- 10. The Russian discoveries
- Key to abbreviations of works most frequently cited in notes and list of maps
- List of principal maps mentioned in the text
- List of plates.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Bibliographical Society of America
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2040 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1970
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1944
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