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A chart of the Atlantic Ocean : its islands and the adjacent continents: In which the British Dominions in Europe and America, the West Indies, and on the African coast are seen at one view: The distances and superficial dimensions retaining every where very nearly their just proportions, and the rumbs, exactly delineated, shew the nautical courses from any port to the entrance of the British Channel, or between any two ports proposed

Metadata

Cartographer	Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784
Engraver	Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784
Bookseller	Millar, Andrew, 1705-1768
Contributor	Faden, William, 1749-1836
Date	[1758?]
Name on Item	engraved by Thos. Kitchin, geographer
Publisher	Printed for A. Millar
Scale	Scale ca. 1:5,800,000
Language	English
Location	Boston Athenaeum
Collection (local)	Cartographic Collection
Subjects	North Atlantic Ocean--Maps--Early works to 1800 Nautical charts--North Atlantic Ocean--Early works to 1800 Maps--North Atlantic Ocean--1750-1760
Places	North Atlantic Ocean
Extent	1 col. map ; on 6 sheets 58 x 69 cm.
Terms and License	Collection of the Boston Athenaeum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/46 Contact host institution for more information.
Notes	North and South sheets. Relief shown pictorially. "Projected in the manner which is described and recommended by the Revd. Pr. Murdoch, F.R.S. in vol. 1, part 2d, no. 73. of the Philosophical transactions." Includes "Note." Issued as maps 1-2 of: The North American Atlas / William Faden. London : W. Faden, 1777.