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Add MS 5415 B
- Record Id:
- 040-003441757
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003441753
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075949233.0x000110
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5415 B
- Title:
- Thirteen portions of a large outline Atlas of the World, on a spherical projection in pen and ink, c1700,
- Scope & Content:
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Portions of a large outline Atlas of the World, drawn on a spherical projection; about the year 1700, in pen and ink: on thirteen sheets each measuring 2ft. 4.in X 2 ft.
1. The Western half of Europe
2. Europe within the Arctic circle.
3. Western Coast of Africa from Cape Bojador to Cape Formosa.
4. Western coast of Africa from Fernando Po. to the line with central Africa.
5. Western coast of Africa from the line to the Tropic of Capricorn, and part of the Eastern Coast including Sofala Bay.
6. Eastern coast of Africa from the line to the Tropic of Capricorn, with Madagascar and the adjoining isles.
7. Eastern coast of Africa from the Tropic of Cancer to the line with part of the Coast of Arabia.
8. Hindostan and Ceylon.
9. Birmah, to, Cochin China, with Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippine and other isles.
10. The Moluccas and Ladrone Islands.
11. Western coast of Mexico.
12. Eastern coast of Mexico, with central America, the Isthmus of Darien [Isthmus of Panama], and the West India Islands.
13. Northern coast of South America with the Islands of the Caribbean Sea.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003441753
040-003441757 - Is part of:
- Add MS 5415 A-I : Collection of maps, charts and plans
Add MS 5415 B : Thirteen portions of a large outline Atlas of the World, on a spherical projection in pen and ink, c1700, - Hierarchy:
- 032-003441753[0002]/040-003441757
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 5415 A-I
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 13 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Undetermined
- Scripts:
- Undetermined
- Start Date:
- 1695
- End Date:
- 1705
- Date Range:
- c 1700
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- drawn on a spherical projection in pen and ink
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This catalogue description has been transcribed from the original [18th-19th-century] handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts and may contain inaccuracies. The handwritten catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.
- Related Material:
- Formerly belonged probably to the Sloane Collection (do. 3250).