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| Number: | 3109 |
| Continent: | Africa |
| Region: | East |
| Place Names: | Somalia, Zanzibar |
| Year of Origin: | 1728 |
| Title: | A Chart of the Coast of Africa from Mozambique to the Straits of Babelmandel and the adjoining Ocean |
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| Language: | English |
| Publish Origin: | London |
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| Publisher: |
John Senex John and Paul Knapton |
| Other Contributors: |
Nathaniel Cutler Daniel Defoe Steven Parker Edmund Halley |
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| Measurement Notes: | on map |
| Notes: | [source Ruderman] from a collaborative atlas "Atlas maritimus et commercialis, or A general view of the world, so far as relates to trade and navigation; describing all the coasts, ports, harbours, and noted rivers..; to which is added sailing directions for all the known coasts and islands on the globe, with a set of sea charts, some laid down after Mercator, but the greater part according to a new globular projection adapted for measuring distances...by scale and compass...the use of the projection justified by Dr. Halley. To which are subjoin'd two large hemispheres on the plane of the equinoctial containing all the stars in the Britannic " |
| Last updated: Aug 26, 2017 |