Name: Atlas maritimus & commercialis or, A general view of the world, so far as relates to trade and navigation: describing all the coasts, ports, harbours, and noted rivers ... Together with a large account of the commerce carried on by sea ... as likewise of all inland trade by means of navigable rivers ... To which are added sailing directions for all the known coasts and islands on the globe with a sett of sea-charts ... the greatest part according to a new globular projection ... The use of the projection justified by Dr. Halley. To which are subjoin'd two large hemispheres on the plane of the equinoctial containing all the stars in the Britannic Catalogue: of great use to sailors for finding the latitude in the night

Barcode: 4259

Image Number: 4259

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/4259.0001

Author: Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731Senex, John 1678-1740

Date Produced: 1728

Date Published: 1728

Language: English

Dimensions: Height: 56

Physical Description: 2 parts in 1 volume maps: (some folded, part double)

Notes: Title page of pt. 2 reads: "A general coasting pilot containing directions for sailing ... with a sett of sea-charts ... Also two large hemispheres on the plane of the equinoctial ... To all of which are prefix'd, directions for mariners, whereby the use of the globular charts is made plain and easy" By Nathaniel Cutler The atlas is probably the work of John Harris, John Senex and Henry Wilson. The preface and chapters of geographical and historical description have been attributed to Daniel Defoe. Some maps engraved by Samuel Parker.

LC Call Number: G1059 .S4 D4 1728

OCLC: 6259367

Accession Number: SM-1728-1.1

Donor: Smith