Atlas maritimus or, the sea-atlas
being a book of maratime (sic) charts describing the coasts, capes, headlands, sands, shoals, rocks and dangers, the bays, roads, harbours, rivers, and ports in most of the known parts of the world : with the true course and distances from one place to anot., gathered from the latest discoveries that hath been made, by divers[e], able and experienced navigators of our English nation, accommodated with an hidrographical (sic) description of the whole world &c
Sea-atlas, containing an hydrographical description of the sea-coasts of most of the known parts of the world
Thornton, John,
1641-1708
cartographic
atlas
cartographic image
Early maps.
World atlases.
Nautical charts.
enk
1700
monographic
London
John Thornton
[1700?]
eng
1 atlas ([2], 10 p., [25] double leaves of plates) : maps (some folded) ; 47 cm.
by John Thornton.
Relief shown pictorially on some maps. Depths shown by soundings on some maps.
Engraved title page.
Includes "Mapp of the world" on engraved title page.
Accompanied by manuscript note from the dealer, Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles dated Nov. 4, 1909 (on sheet 26 x 21 cm., folded in pocket inside front cover) with details regarding other versions of this atlas. DLC
LC copy imperfect: Mediterranean Sea map (plate 8) torn vertically along right fold. DLC
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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Scales differ.
Pilot guides
Early works to 1800
Coasts
Maps
Early works to 1800
Earth
G1059 .T4 1700
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3201pm.gct00234
Phillips,
3455
2010592349
hdl:loc.gmd/g3201pm.gct00234
aacr
DLC
100908
20250607040550.2
16450211
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