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Edward Wright's map of the then known world, for Hakluyt's Principal navigations [ca. 1600]
- Title
- Edward Wright's map of the then known world, for Hakluyt's Principal navigations [ca. 1600] [cartographic material].
- Author
- Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615.
- Publication
- Providence, R.I. : John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, 1978.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | Use in library | Map Div. 80-3029 | Schwarzman Building - Map Division Desk Room 117 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 map on 2 sheets; sheets 50 x 38 cm. and 50 x 37 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Principall navigations, voiages, and discoveries of the English nation.
- Alternative Title
- Wright-Molyneux map
- Thou hast here, gentle reader, a true hydrographical description of so much of the world as hath beene hetherto discouered
- Subject
- World maps > Early works to 1800 > Facsimiles
- Genre/Form
- Early maps.
- Note
- "The most recent information on the map is found in The Hakluyt handbook, edited by David Beers Quinn, London, the Hakluyt Society (second series, volume 145), 1974: Helen Wallis, 'Edward Wright and the 1599 world maps,' p. 69-73 ..."
- Facsimile of 2nd state of map, distinguished by addition of cartouche near southern South America, with text about discoveries of Sir Francis Drake.
- "Reproduced from the original in the John Carter Brown Library, Brown University."
- Accompanied by sheet of text: Edward Wright's map of the then known world, for Hakluyt's Principal navigations [ca. 1600] : a note to accompany the facsimile published by the John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1978. ([2] p. : 28 x 22 cm.)
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography in accompanying text.
- Call Number
- Map Div. 80-3029
- LCCN
- 81690544
- OCLC
- 8386499
- Author
- Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615.
- Title
- Edward Wright's map of the then known world, for Hakluyt's Principal navigations [ca. 1600] [cartographic material].
- Imprint
- Providence, R.I. : John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, 1978.
- Cartographic Data
- Scale [ca. 1:65,000,000]. At Equator ; Mercator proj. (W 180°--E 180°/N 72°--S 70°).
- Bibliography
- Bibliography in accompanying text.
- Local Note
- NYPL Map Div. copy: 2 sheets and accompanying text together in 1 mylar encapsulation.
- Added Author
- Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616.Molyneux, Emery.John Carter Brown Library.
- Added Title
- Principall navigations, voiages, and discoveries of the English nation.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 80-3029 [Filed as 1 sheet with World, 1599]