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Description: | Single sheet. Hand coloured engraving with original red ink on the sheet edge. A double hemisphere world map with two celestial hemispheres. The prime meridian and the conjunction of the hemispheres runs through Ferro. In the margins there are diagrams of: the eclipse of the sun and moon; the heavens and elements; a figure to prove the spherical roundness of the sea; personifications of the elements of earth, air, fire and water; and portraits of four navigators - Magellan, Drake, Cavenish and van der Noort.
caption: A new and accurat map of the world drawn according to ye truest descriptions latest discoveries & best observations yt have been made by English or strangers. 1626. [at foot] Are to be sold in Pops-head Alle by Geor: Humble.' Front of chart.
caption: A new and accurat map of the world drawn according to ye truest descriptions latest discoveries & best observations yt have been made by English or strangers. 1626. [at foot] Are to be sold in Pops-head Alle by Geor: Humble.' Reverse of chart.
caption: G201:1/37 World
caption: A new and accurat map of the world, 1636
caption: A new and accurat map of the world, 1637
caption: Chart of the world by Speed c.1626 | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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