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Collection Name	Rare Maps Collection, Alaska & Polar Regions Collections
Identifier	UAF-M0339 sheet1
Title	Chart of North and South America : including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Description	1 map on 6 sheets; sheets from atlas with facing pages joined to make 3 sheets. Shows tracks of various voyages. Includes text, historical and geographical notes, and tables of comparative astronomical observations. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Components: Chart containing part of Icy Sea with the adjacent coast of Asia and America [sheet I] -- Chart comprizing Greenland with the countries and islands about Baffins Bay and part of Hudsons Bay [sheet II] -- Chart containing the coasts of California, New Albion, and Russian discoveries to the north; with the peninsula of Kamtschatka, in Asia, opposite thereto; and islands, dispersed over the Pacific Ocean, to the north of the line [sheet III] -- North America and the West Indies, with the opposite coasts of Europe and Africa [sheet IV] -- Chart containing the greater part of the South Sea to the south of the line, with the islands dispersed thro' the same [sheet V] -- South America with the adjacent islands in the southern ocean and South Sea [sheet VI]. Illustrated with small ships along voyage routes. Sheet 1 of 3. Published in London by Robert Sayer and John Bennett in 1775. Scale is not given (E175 00 E020 00 N82 00 N60 00).
Creator	Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Contributors	Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm) (Publisher)
Subject.LCSH	Western Hemisphere -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Location	Western Hemisphere
Region	Outside
Time Period	1741 to 1867
Date	1775
Type	Image (Maps)
Ordering & Use	For information on ordering and using this material: http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
Holding Institution	Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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Chart of North and South America : including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa, and Asia.

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