Collection  C 003: Cutter World Map Collection: Map of the world, 1807 click here to search map descriptions To thumbnail

Item Number: 1970:02007.23         Date of map: 1807     Place of publication: London      Title: The world, on Mercator’s projection

   Cartographer (personal name): Wilkes, J.             Height (inches): 10.7   Width (inches): 15.2

   This map depicts explorers' "tracks," shows locations of ethnic groups and communities, and shows Greenland as a peninsula, designated as "Old Greenland" and "New Greenland."  Shows rivers on all continents except Australia.  Most of these areas are not mapped: central and northern North America towards the Arctic, central Africa, central South America, and Australia.  Mercator projection.  

This map forms part of the Cutter World Map Collection, collection C 003, at the Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College.
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