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Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615, Thou hast here, gentle reader, a true hydrographical description of so much of the world as hath beene hetherto discouered and is comne to our knowledge .., [1599?]
- Title(s):
- Thou hast here, gentle reader, a true hydrographical description of so much of the world as hath beene hetherto discouered and is comne to our knowledge ...
- Additional Title(s):
- Often referred to as: Wright-Molyneux map
- Published/Created:
- [London] : [George Bishop, Ralph Newberie and Robert Barker], [1599?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 map ; 43 x 62 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsOctavo Room \ WrightView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3596149
- Classification:
- Maps & Atlas (printed)
- Scale:
- Scale [ca. 1:65,000,000]. At Equator ; -- Mercator projection -- (W 180°--E 180°/N 72°--S 70°).
- Notes:
- Title from text in cartouche.
Second state of map, distinguished by addition of cartouche near southern South America, with text about discoveries of Sir Francis Drake.
From The Principal navigations, voyages, traffiques and discoveries of the English nation ... by Richard Hakluyt.
Described in The Hakluyt handbook / edited by David Beers Quinn. London : the Hakluyt Society, 1974 (second series, volume 145): Helen Wallis, 'Edward Wright and the 1599 world maps, ' p. 69-73.
Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world (4th ed.), 221
Fite & Freeman. Book of old maps, 28
Imago Mundi, III, 1939 - Subject Terms:
- World maps -- Early works to 1800.
- Form/Genre:
- Early maps.
World maps. - Export:
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