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Map Chart of the Pacific Ocean : drawn from a great number of printed and ms. journals

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Title

  • Chart of the Pacific Ocean : drawn from a great number of printed and ms. journals

Names

  • Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823.
  • Foot, T. (Thomas)
  • Allen, George, active 1790-1821.
  • Mendoza y Riós, José de, 1763-1816.

Created / Published

  • London : A. Arrowsmith, 1798.

Headings

  • -  Pacific Ocean--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Pacific Ocean--Discovery and exploration--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Pacific Ocean

Notes

  • -  Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
  • -  Also shows routes and dates of exploration.
  • -  In upper left corner: To Joseph de Mendoza Rios esqr., F.R.S. &c.&c. This chart of the Pacific Ocean is dedicated, in testimony of respect and esteem, by his much obliged humble servt., A. Arrowsmith.
  • -  "London: Published Octr. 1st., 1798 by A. Arrowsmith, no. 5 Charles Street, Soho Square."
  • -  Portrait pasted on above dedication.
  • -  Includes notes and ill. in title cartouche.
  • -  Exhibited in the Surveyors of the Pacific exhibit, no. 77.
  • -  LC copy incomplete: Upper middle and left sheets missing.
  • -  LC copy annotated on verso in black ink: 100, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108.
  • -  Vault

Medium

  • 1 map on 9 sheets : hand col. ; 186 x 239 cm., sheets 65 x 84 cm., folded to 65 x 42 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G9230 1798 .A72

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 96682027

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Arrowsmith, Aaron, T Foot, George Allen, and José De Mendoza Y Riós. Chart of the Pacific Ocean: drawn from a great number of printed and ms. journals. London: A. Arrowsmith, 1798. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/96682027/.

APA citation style:

Arrowsmith, A., Foot, T., Allen, G. & Mendoza Y Riós, J. D. (1798) Chart of the Pacific Ocean: drawn from a great number of printed and ms. journals. London: A. Arrowsmith. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/96682027/.

MLA citation style:

Arrowsmith, Aaron, et al. Chart of the Pacific Ocean: drawn from a great number of printed and ms. journals. London: A. Arrowsmith, 1798. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/96682027/>.