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Here for your enjoyment is an old map of the world : with all the new discoveries by Capt. Cook and other navigators : ornamented with the Solar System, the eclipses of the sun, moon & planets &c. / by T. Kitchen, geographer. It was created in 1799.
World maps.
Relief shown pictorially. Also shows lines of magnetic variation and marine wind-direction arrows. "Published as the Act directs, Aug't 1st 1799, by I. Evans, No. 41 Long Lane, West Smithfield." Originally printed on 2 sheets. Imperfect: Use-worn, fold-lined, wrinkled/missing small sections at edges, taped on verso at edges. Purchase; Richard B. Arkway Inc.; Apr. 2002. Includes 12 circular diagrams of sun, moon, planets, and Solar System. Scale ca. 1:50,000,000 at the equator (W 1800--E 1800/ N 900--S 900).
We have created this collection of illustrations primarily to serve as a valuable educational tool. Contact curator@history-map.com for information or questions on this map.
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