Detail View: JCB Map Collection: Carte générale de la terre : appliquée a l'astronomie pour l'etude de la géographie terrestre et celeste, / dressée par le s[ieu]r Flecheux, d'apres les nouvelles observations
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Accession Number:
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21-003
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File Name:
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21-003-000
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Call number:
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Cabinet A782 1
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Map title:
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Carte générale de la terre : appliquée a l'astronomie pour l'etude de la géographie terrestre et celeste, / dressée par le s[ieu]r Flecheux, d'apres les nouvelles observations
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Place of Publication:
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Paris
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Publication date:
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1782
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Map size height:
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81 cm
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Map size width:
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57 cm
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Item description:
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Map hand-colored in green, pink, and yellow
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Geographical description:
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World
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Source author:
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Flecheux, M.,
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Cartobibliographic notes:
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Map shows one hemisphere in the center, covering eastern North America, South America, Europe, and Africa, oriented with south at the top measuring 33 cm. It also shows and two quarter spheres, above and below hemisphere, oriented with north at the top measuring 33 cm. At the borders are observations, with text, diagrams, and tables, concerning the rising and setting of the sun, and other astronomical observations. It shows the interdependence of geography and astronomy
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Geographic Area:
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World
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