"A Globular Draught from the North Pole to the Latitude of 60 Degrees", Cutler, Nathaniel
Subject: North Pole
Period: 1728 (published)
Publication: Atlas Maritimus & Commercialis
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19.2 x 19 inches
48.8 x 48.3 cm
Interesting North Polar projection published by John Senex with numerous rhumb lines and four compass roses. There is only rudimentary detail shown along the coastlines. Notations give dates of discovery of Greenland, of continents and the islands. The unusual projection is attributed in the title page of the atlas to Edmund Halley. An uncommon and intriguing chart.
References: Kershaw #406; Phillips (A) 3298-21.
Condition: A
Couple of extraneous creases, else fine.