A map of the world or terrestrial globe in two planispheres [cartographic material] : laid down from the observations of the Royal Academy of Sciences wherein as an introduction to the study of geography are inserted several things relating to the doctrine of the Earth, the globe as an explanation of the circles, the zones of & climates, longitude & latitude, its inhabitants the antipodes Antoeci & Perioeci an account of the terms by which the several parts of the Earth & waters are called.
Double hemispherical world map surrounded by spheres, illustrations and text showing Australia as New Holland joined to New Land of Diemens and Land of Papous or New Guinea. Antarctica is shown as "Parts unknown".; "Also a concise theory of the Earth describing the diurnal and annual...
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London : Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, 1740.
1740
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Online Access: | http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm3874 |