Research Catalog

Title

[Composite atlas of charts and views of the coasts of Africa, Arabia, Persia, India, China and South America : including various plans of islands and harbors in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans].

Publication

[London] : [A. Dalrymple], [1790?]

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Additional Authors

Dalrymple, Alexander, 1737-1808

Description

1 atlas (10 v.) : all maps and views (some folded, some double plates); in slip-cases 38 cm

Alternative Title

[Charts and views of the coasts of Africa, Arabia, Persia, India, China and South America : including various plans of islands and harbors in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans]

Subject

• Coasts > Africa > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Coasts > Madagascar > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Nautical charts > Red Sea > Early works to 1800
• Nautical charts > Aden, Gulf of > Early works to 1800
• Coasts > Arabian Peninsula > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Nautical charts > Oman, Gulf of > Early works to 1800
• Nautical charts > Persian Gulf > Early works to 1800
• Coasts > Pakistan > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Coasts > India > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Coasts > Sri Lanka > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Coasts > Burma > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Coasts > Malay Peninsula > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Nautical charts > Malacca, Strait of > Early works to 1800
• Coasts > Vietnam > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Coasts > East Asia > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Coasts > Philippines > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Coasts > Indonesia > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Coasts > Timor Island > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Coasts > New Guinea > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Coasts > Papua New Guinea > New Britain Island > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Coasts > New Zealand > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Coasts > Australia > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Nautical charts > Indonesia > Sunda Strait > Early works to 1800
• Islands of the Atlantic > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Atlantic Coast (Brazil) > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Islands of the Indian Ocean > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Socotra (Yemen) > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Persian Gulf Coast (Iran) > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Persian Gulf Coast (Persian Gulf States) > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India) > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Pacific Coast (North America) > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Jakarta (Indonesia) > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Padang (Indonesia) > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Cocos (Keeling) Islands > Maps > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

• Nautical charts.
• Maps.
• Aerial views.

Note

• Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
• Lacks a title page. Supplied title based on title in New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division.
• Maps dated 1774 to 1790. Some maps have earlier situation dates in their titles, being based on information from named earlier explorers and cartographers.

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Contents

[Volume 1]: [chapter 1, Atlantic Ocean islands, Atlantic coasts of Africa and Brazil]; [chapter 2, south coast of Africa]; [chapter 3, coasts of Madagascar] -- [v. 2]: [chapter 4, East Coast of Africa]; [chapter 5, Indian Ocean islands] -- [v. 3]: [chapter 6, Red Sea coasts, south coast of Arabia, Socotra]; [chapter 7, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf, coast of Persia] -- [v. 4]: [chapter 8, coast of Scindy (Sindh, southeast coast of Pakistan), coast of Guzarat (Gujarat, northwest coast of India)]; [chapter 9, Malabar coast (southwest coast of India)] -- [v. 5]: [chapter 10, coasts of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), southeastern India, and Bengal]; [chapter 11, coasts along the east side of the Bay of Bengal] -- [v. 6]: [chapter 12, Andaman and Nicobar Islands]; [chapter 13, islands off coast of Burma (Myanmar), west coast of Malay Peninsula, Strait of Malacca] -- [v. 7]: [chapter 14, coasts of Cochin China (Vietnam), China, Japan, and west coast of North America] -- [v. 8]: [chapter 15, coasts of Luzon, Mindoro, Samar, and Leyte islands in the Philippines]; [chapter 16, coasts of Mindanao, Palawan, and Borneo] -- [v. 9]: [chapter 17, coasts of Indonesia islands, Timor, New Guinea, New Britain, New Zealand, New Holland (Australia)] -- [v. 10]: [chapter 18, coasts of Sumatra, Borneo, Banka (Bangka), Billiton (Belitung), Java; Strait of Sunda, cities of Batavia (Jakarta) and Padang, Cocos (Keeling) Islands]

Call Number

Map Div. 19-220

OCLC

1127650253

Title

[Composite atlas of charts and views of the coasts of Africa, Arabia, Persia, India, China and South America : including various plans of islands and harbors in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans].

Publisher

[London] : [A. Dalrymple], [1790?]

Cartographic Data

Scales differ (W 180°--E 180°/N 60°--S 47°).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v.3, page 445, column 3, no. 6

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy includes bookplate in each volume; Astor Library stamp; and pencilled numbers designating "chapters" and plates. [Volume 7] begins with chapter 14, no. 4].

Added Author

Dalrymple, Alexander, 1737-1808, publisher.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 19-220 (Atlas Cases)