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Northern Hemisphere

Description

Map of the Northern Hemisphere with hand coloured divisions of countries, colonies, and political divisions of the time. Shows general areas of mountain ranges, large lakes and rivers, and place names.

Details
Title:

Northern Hemisphere

Creator(s):

Wyld, James, 1790-1836, Cartographer

Publisher(s):

James Wyld

Type:

cartographic

Genre:

Maps

Date:

1824

Subject(s):

Atlases.
Imperialism
Boundaries
1824

Extent:

1 map : colour ; 58 x 58 cm, on sheet 59 x 63 cm

Physical form:

Maps

Resolution:

600

Width (px):

15301

Height (px):

14547

Image orientation:

normal*

Colour space:

RGB

Scanning software:

ImageMill Imaging Library v3.000 2013

Note:

Relief shown pictorally.
Limited details of the Arctic.
Longitude from the 10 Meridian of Greenwich
Published by Js. Wyld (successor to Mr. Faden) Geographer to the King and to H.R.H. the Duke of York, Charing Cross, March 1st 1824.
Depicts the globe from an Arctic perspective, ending at the equator.

Note:

Originally published : A general atlas of modern geography, consisting of a complete collection of the most approved maps of the four quarters of the globe, subdivided according to their respective states and coloured to show the new limits.

Identifier (local):

WMC0022

Identifier (MD5):

861f3e2e10c526d955e16cbed833a032

Funding:

Material digitized as part of an Academic Innovation Fund (AIF), awarded in 2018. For more information see: http://avptl.info.yorku.ca/academic-innovation-fund/ .

Coordinates:

82.886215, 154.525015

Rights/Usage:

PUBLIC DOMAIN

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