A New Chart of the World On Mercator's Projection With The Tracks Of The Most Celebrated & Recent Navigators. Engraved by John Dower, Pentonville. Published By Thomas Deacon & Co. Late H. Teesdale & Co. No. 1 Prujean Square St. Pauls & Sold by Simpkin, Marshall & Compy. Stationers Hall Court. New Edition. London, 1857. John Dower, Engraver, Cumming Place, Pentonville, London.
Significantly updated from the 1844 edition: more discoveries shown in the Arctic and Antarctica, Western U.S. shows Fremont and results of Mexican War, Ocean currents are indicated world-wide, Australia and Africa are more detailed from explorations. Full color by country. Map is in two sheets, eac...
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| Summary: | Significantly updated from the 1844 edition: more discoveries shown in the Arctic and Antarctica, Western U.S. shows Fremont and results of Mexican War, Ocean currents are indicated world-wide, Australia and Africa are more detailed from explorations. Full color by country. Map is in two sheets, each dissected into 16 sections and edged in green cloth. Sheets have beautiful marbled paper end sheets, and fold in full brown leather covers 39.5x27 embossed in gold with "Teesdale's Map Of The World" and a decorative border. See note field above. cf World p552. |
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