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A General Map of the World, or Terraqueous Globe

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84: 186:. This map notes two separate speculative courses for the apocryphal river of the west, a northern route extending from lake Winnipeg and a southern route passing south of Winnipeg through Pike's lake. The River of the West was hopeful dream of French and English explorers who were searching for a water passage through North America to the Pacific. In concept, should such a route be found, it would have become an important trade artery allowing the British and French, whose colonies dominated the eastern parts of North America, to compete with the Spanish for control of the lucrative Asia-Pacific trade. These earlier speculative cartographers didn't realize that the bulk of the Rocky Mountains stood between them and their plans. The kingdom of 198: 27: 557: 569: 171:, a mercator projection of the Earth, an analemma projection, a seasonal chart, a universal scale chart, and numerous smaller diagrams depicting planets and mathematical systems. All text is in English. The survey of this map starts in North America, much of which was, even in 1794, largely unknown. 293:
A correct Chart of the terraqueous Globe on which are Described Lines shewing the Variation of the Magnetic Needle in the most frequented Seas. Originally composed in the Year 1700 / By the Celebrated Dr. Edmund Halley ; Renewed by William Mountaine and James Dodson, ... 1756 and now Published
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A General Map of the World, or Terraqueous Globe with all the New Discoveries and Marginal Delineations, Containing the Most Interesting Particulars in the Solar, Starry and Mundane System
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describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar.
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for more links to historical maps; however, most of the largest sites are listed at the sites linked below.
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The primary map is surrounded on all sides by detailed scientific calculations and descriptions as well as
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Newberry Library Cartographic Catalog : map catalog and bibliography of the history of cartography
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at the University of Wisconsin, a comprehensive research project in the history of maps and mapping
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at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
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Modern Medieval Map Myths: The Flat World, Ancient Sea-Kings, and Dragons
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Eratosthenes Map of the Earth, and Measuring of its Circumference
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American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection
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This map follows shortly after the explorations of captain
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Sunspots
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Samuel Dunn
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Southern Hemisphere
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Solar System
James Cook
Pacific Northwest
Mississippi
Quivira
Seven Cities of Gold

Ancient world maps
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