1700s world map
Vintage Scherer Map of the World 1700
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This map is from the series produced by Scherer who was a mathematics professor and devout Jesuit. It shows the sailing routes to the East Indies across the Pacific, around the Cape of Good Hope, and around a Northeast Passage to Japan. The corners of the map are richly decorated with sailing ships representing the major European powers: Britain, Holland, France and Spain.
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Description
This map is from the series produced by Scherer who was a mathematics professor and devout Jesuit. It shows the sailing routes to the East Indies across the Pacific, around the Cape of Good Hope, and around a Northeast Passage to Japan. The corners of the map are richly decorated with sailing ships representing the major European powers: Britain, Holland, France and Spain.
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History World Map of all Colonies
Illustrating
The Struggle for Colonial Dominion, 1700 - 1763
- British, Dutch, French, Portuguese, and Spanish possessions
- Southern boundary of Russian Siberia
Inset A: The West Indies 1700-1763
Inset B: Cook's Voyages in the Southern Pacific
- First voyage 1768-1771
- Second voyage 1772-1774
- Third voyage 1776-1779
Credits
University of Texas at Austin. From the Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1923.
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Title
A New Map of the Terraqueous Globe according to the Ancient Discoveries and most general Divisions of it into Continents and Oceans.
1700 (undated)
14.5 x 20 in (36.83 x 50.8 cm)
1 : 50000000
Description
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