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Description: | Six charts, coloured in outline. Mercator projection. Meridian of Ferro. Numerous tracks. Comparative tables of latitudes and astronomical observations. Updated version of chart attributed to John Green, see G201:7/1 (1753). Sheets A and B, C and D, E and F joined to make three sheets. Sheets engraved with numbers II, IV, VI. Includes the following tracks: Vespucci 1502; Gaetan 1542; Mendana 1567-1568; Francisco de Gaulle with Spanish galleon from Manila 1583; Cavendish [1586]; Van Noorte 1599; Quiros [1605]; Hudson 1610; Baffin 1616; Spillbergen 1616; Tasman 1643; Narborough 1670; Halley 1700; St Anthony of Padua commanded by M. de Frondat 1709; Anson 1740-1743; N. S. de Cabadonga 1743; Behring 1741; Tchirikow and Mr de L'Isle de la Croyere 1741; Byron 1765; Carteret 1767; Wallis 1767; Bougainville 1768; Cook 1769; D. Juan de Gama; Lt Syndo. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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