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Andrew McCormick Maps and Prints
America Cole, Benjamin, 1695-1766
Description
Hand-coloured copper-plate engraving. California depicted as an island. This illustration is cropped from a larger plate showing the different continents of the world. See mccormick_30 for full illustration.
Item Metadata
| Title |
America
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| Creator | |
| Publisher |
London : J. Coote
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| Date Issued |
[1759]
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| Description |
Hand-coloured copper-plate engraving. California depicted as an island. This illustration is cropped from a larger plate showing the different continents of the world. See mccormick_30 for full illustration.
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| Extent |
1 map ; 12 x 12 cm
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| Geographic Location | |
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| Type | |
| File Format |
image/jpeg
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| Language |
English
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| Notes |
Online version of "A new universal history of arts and sciences" is accessible at Eighteenth Century Collections Online through UBC Library. Map removed from the book: A new universal history of arts and sciences, shewing their origin, progress, theory, use and practice, and exhibiting the invention, structure, improvement, and uses, of the most considerable instruments, engines, and machines, with their nature, power, and operation, decyphered in fifty two copper-plates. In two volumes. Vol. 1. London: Printed for J. Coote, 1759. 2 vols.
Information found in Eighteenth Century Collections Online. |
| Identifier |
mccormick_154
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| Collection | |
| Source |
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Andrew McCormick Maps and Prints
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| Date Available |
2013-04-01
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| Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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| Rights |
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books & Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/
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| AIP UUID |
1b1386eb-5c52-48e0-b459-d41e2d5356e0
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| DOI |
10.14288/1.0023346
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| Aggregated Source Repository |
CONTENTdm
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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books & Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/