Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Chart of the Atlantic Ocean
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Author:
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Melish, John
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Date:
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1819
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Short Title:
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Chart of the Atlantic Ocean
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Publisher:
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John Melish
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Publisher Location:
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Philadelphia
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Type:
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Book Map
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Obj Height cm:
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21
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Obj Width cm:
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27
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Scale 1:
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none shown
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Note:
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A first edition containing two maps: "United States" updated to 1818, and a "Chart of the Atlantic Ocean." Both maps without color. General information and advice is given, and a chapter on the English settlement in Illinois is included. Bound in half red morocco leather with rebacked marbled boards with "Melish's Advice to Emigrants" on the spine.
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Country:
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United States
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Region:
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Atlantic Ocean
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Full Title:
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Chart of the Atlantic Ocean
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List No:
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5531.003
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Series No:
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3
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Publication Author:
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Melish, John
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Pub Date:
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1819
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Pub Title:
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Information and Advice to Emigrants to the United States: and from the Eastern to the Western States: Illustrated by A Map of the United States, and A Chart of the Atlantic Ocean. By John Melish. Philadelphia: Printed for and Published by John Melish, No. 121, Chesnut Street. 1819. (on verso) ...on the nineteenth day of June ... 1819, John Melish ... hath deposited ... a book ... Pennsylvania.
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Pub List No:
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5531.000
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Pub Type:
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Guide Book
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Pub Height cm:
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15
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Pub Width cm:
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10
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Image No:
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5531003
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Authors:
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Melish, John
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