Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Pl. 9. Pt. III. The sea coast of Languedoc Provence and part of Italy
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Author:
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Mount, John
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Author:
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Page, Thomas, 1704-1762
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Author:
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Mount and Page
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Date:
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1750
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Short Title:
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Pl. 9. Pt. III. The sea coast of Languedoc Provence and part of Italy
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Publisher:
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J. Mount and T. Page
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Publisher Location:
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London
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Type:
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Chart Map
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Obj Height cm:
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41
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Obj Width cm:
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53
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Scale 1:
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3,927,000
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Note:
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Engraved double page nautical chart. Showing settlements and fortifications. Includes compass rose and Rhumb lines. Depth shown by soundings.
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Country:
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France
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Country:
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Italy
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Region:
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Mediterranean Sea
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Subject:
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Nautical charts
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Subject:
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Navigation
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Full Title:
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The sea coast of Languedoc Provence and part of Italy; from Cape Dragon to Cape Delle Melle. The English pilot Part III ... Mediterranean Sea.M, DCC,L (1750). (to accompany) The English pilot for the Southern navigation .... London : Printed for J. Mount and T. Page, on Tower Hill. M,DCC,LII (1752).
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List No:
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13251.123
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Page No:
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(pl. 9.pt.III)
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Series No:
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123
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Publication Author:
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Mount, John
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Publication Author:
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Page, Thomas
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Publication Author:
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Mount and Page
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Pub Date:
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1752
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Pub Title:
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The English pilot for the Southern navigation : describing the sea-coasts, capes, headlands, bays, roads, harbours, rivers and ports : together with the soundings, sands, rocks and dangers on the coast of England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Flanders, Spain, Portugal, to the Streight's-Mouth, with the coasts of Barbary, and off to the Canary, Madeira, Cape de Verde and Western-Islands : shewing the courses and distances from one place to another, the setting of the tides and currents, the ebbing and flowing of the sea, &c. London : Printed for J. Mount and T. Page, on Tower Hill. M,DCC,LII (1752).
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Pub Note:
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The "English Pilot" was a sea-chart atlas published in several editions from 1671 to 1803. This edition published by John Mount and Thomas Page in London. Ink inscription on title page reads George Atkinson. This is the 1752 edition of the atlas in two parts (I and III) bound in one volume, London: 1752. and 1750 for Part III Part I covers England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Spain Holland, Portugal, and the entrance to the Mediterranean. It contains descriptive text and 22 double page and folding maps and charts with explicit sailing directions and numerous woodcut coastal profiles and vignettes in the text. Part III covers the whole Mediterranean Sea, in 14 sections, with title page, descriptive text, and set of seventeen maps. Features a large folding map titled "A Correct Chart of the Mediterranean Sea from the Coast of Portugal to the Levant." and 16 other maps which are double-page folio sheets covering parts of the Mediterranean and are all embellished with compass roses, rhumb lines and costal profiles.
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Pub List No:
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13251.000
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Pub Type:
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Chart Atlas
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Pub Maps:
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41
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Pub Height cm:
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47
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Pub Width cm:
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32
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Image No:
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13251123.jp2
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Authors:
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Mount, John; Page, Thomas, 1704-1762; Mount and Page
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