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DescriptionDury Atlas Maps 1 and 2 The World.jpg |
English: Maps 1 and 2 of the world as known around 1761, provided as two equatorial orthographic projections of the western and eastern hemispheres, later reprinted without credit in the 1771 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed. |
Date | 1761, reprinted 1763 & 1764. |
Source | A New General and Universal Atlas..., hosted by the David Rumsey Map Collection. |
Author | Andrew Dury, cartographer. Thomas Kitchin, engraver. |
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World
Mappe Monde [World Map]
North
South
West
North
South
East
Equator
Equator
Equator
New Zeland [New Zealand]
Antarctic Circle
Mappe Monde [World Map]
1 . 2
T. Kitchin Sculp. [Thomas Kitchin Sculpsit, Thomas Kitchen engraved this.]
Antarctic Circle
Terres Australes [Southern Lands]
Terres Australes [Southern Lands]
Polar Circle
The Polar Circle
Mappe Monde [Map of the World]
Mappe Monde [World Map]
New Holland [Australia]
Terres Australis [Southern Lands, Australia]
T. de Nuits [Terre de Nuits, Nuytsland]
C. de Sud [Cape de Sud, South East Cape]
Terra de Diemen [Van Diemen's Land, Kimberley and Darwin]
T. de Leuwen [Terre de Leuwen, Leeuwinland]
T. de Concorde [Terre de Concorde, Eendrachtsland]
Carpentary [Carpentaria]
New Guinea
New Bretagne [Nouvelle-Bretagne, New Britain]
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Cancer
T. de la Roche [Terre de la Roche, South Georgia]
I de Saxembourg [Isle de Saxembourg, Saxemberg Island, a phantom island]
Str. of Magellan [Strait of Magellan]
I. Malvinos [Isles Malvinos, the Falklands]
C. Horn [Cape Horn]
Port de Drake [Drake's Port, South Shetland Islands]
Terra Ferma [Terra Firma, Gran Colombia]
Quito
Lima
Arica
la Paz [La Paz]
la Concepcion [Concepcion]
Paraiba [Joao Pessoa]
Rio Grande [Rio de la Plata]
Perou [Peru]
Paraguay
Chily [Chile]
Terra Magellanique [Magellanica, here intending Patagonia]
C. Frto [Cape Frio, Cabo Frio]
B. de tous les Sts [Baie de Tous les Saints, Bay of All Saints]
I. St. Catharine [Isle Saint Catherine, apparently intending Chiloe]
Brazil
Amazones [Amazon River]
C. de Nord [Cape de Nord, Cabo Norte]
P. Desire [Port Desire, Puerto Deseado]
B. Sansfond [Baie Sansfond, Golfo Nuevo]
D. de le Maire [Détroit de le Maire, Le Maire Strait]
Ide l'Ascension [Isle de l'Ascension, Ascension Island]
I Fernand [Isle Fernand, Fernando de Noronha]
Malstom [Sargasso Sea?]
la Trinite [Trinidad]
Barbades [Barbados]
Porto Rico [Puerto Rico]
Gulf of Mexico
Mexico [Mexico City, misplaced on the southern coast]
Guatimaza [sic, intending Guatemala City and misplacing it on the coast]
Isles Antiles [the Antilles]
I. Lucayes [Isles Lucayes, the Bahamas]
N. Spain [New Spain, Mexico and Central America]
Florida
Geor. [Georgia]
Caro. [Carolina]
Virgin. [Virginia]
Mar. [Maryland]
Pensyl. [Pennsylvania]
Isles of Cape Verd [Cape Verde Islands]
Isles Azores [the Azores]
Island [Iceland]
Island [Iceland]
Greenland
Greenland
N. Foundland [Newfoundland]
T. de Labrador [Terre de Labrador, Labrador]
Hudsons Bay [Hudson Bay]
Baffin Bay
James I. [James Island, Baffin Island]
Prom Glacé [Frozen Promontory]
Assinipoils [Assiniboine or Nakota]
N Orleans [New Orleans]
Quebec [Quebec City]
C Blanc [Cape Blanc, Cape Blanco]
California
N Mexico [New Mexico]
Louisiana
N. Albion [New Albion]
Canada
Louisbourg
N. Scotia [Nova Scotia]
N. England [New England]
I. Rica de Plate [Isle Rica de Plate, Isla Rica de Plata, one of the Anson Archipelago of actual and phantom islands]
I. S. Francois [Isle de St. Francois, Wake Island misplaced at the location of Hawaii]
I S Thomas [Isle St Thomas, Socorro]
Chipperton [sic, intending Clipperton]
Isles Cocos [Cocos Island]
Roca [Roca Partida]
Mojas I. [Mojas Island, phantom islands presumably intending Hawaii recorded at the wrong longitude]
I. Deserta [Isla Deserta]
I. Caprico [Isle Caprico]
Ides Rois [Isles des Rois, the Carolines]
I. de Jesus [Isle de Jesus]
I. St. Croix [Isle de Saint Croix]
I. d'Amsterdam [Isle d'Amsterdam]
Borneo
Nanking [Nanjing]
Singan [Xi'an]
Pekin [Beijing]
I. Formosa [Isle de Formosa, Taiwan]
Kamchatka
Sea of Kamchatka [Sea of Okhotsk]
Jedso [Hokkaido but sometimes a separate phantom island]
Japan
Meaco [Kyoto]
Jerusalem
la Meca [Mecca]
Java
I. Sumatra [Isle Sumatra]
Malaca [Malacca City]
I. Moluques [Isles Moluques, the Moluccas]
China
I. St Bernard [Isle Saint Bernard]
I. d'Eau [Isle d'Eau]
I. de Salomon [Isles de Salomon, Solomon Islands]
Isles Philippines [the Philippines]
I. Hainan [Isle Hainan, not actually pictured]
Manille [Manila, Luzon]
Uzbeck [Uzbek Khanate]
Northern Sea [Arctic Ocean]
New Zentle [Novaya Zemlya]
Irland [Ireland]
Lisbon
Seville
Madrid
Algier [Algiers]
Tunis
Tripoli
Cairo
Senegal R. [Senegal River]
Songo [intending Gao, capital of Songhai]
Sofala
Mozambique
Red S. [Red Sea]
Arabia
Ispahan [Isfahan]
Persia
Thibet [Tibet]
I Caylan [intending Isle Ceylon, Sri Lanka]
I. Maldives [Isles Maldives, the Maldives]
Marocco [intending Marrakesh, capital of Morocco]
Barbary
Sara or the Desert [Sahara]
Nigritia [Negroland]
Guinea [the Guinea Coast, misplaced east into Cameroon]
Loanda
Loange [Loango]
C. of Good Hope [Cape of Good Hope]
Hotentots [Khoikhoi]
Cafrerie [Cafreria, Kaffirland]
Congo
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific or Great South Sea [Pacific Ocean]
North America
South America
I. St. Helena [Isle Saint Helena, St Helena]
IS Mathieu [Isle Saint Matheiu, St Matthew Island, a phantom island probably equivalent to Annobón with a mistaken longitude]
I de Tristan de Cunha [Isle de Tristan de Cunha, Tristan da Cunha]
I d'Alvarez [Isle d'Alvarez, Gough Island]
Portugal
Spain
London
Great Britain
France
Paris
Lion [Lyon]
I. S. Pierre [Isle Saint Pierre]
Guasco
Sardinia
T. vue par Davis [Terre vue par Davis en 1685, Land Seen by Edward Davis in 1685]
P de la Vera Cruz [Port de la Vera Cruz]
Prague
Venice
Rome
Sicily
Italy
Turkey [sic, intending Turkey in Europe]
Turkey in Asia
Mediterranean S. [Mediterranean Sea]
Constantinople
Moscow
Warsaw
Berlin
S Petersbourg [Saint Petersburg]
Scandinavie [Scandinavia]
Germany
Poland
Russia [sic, intending Russia in Europe]
Europe
Egypt
"Cote d'Ajan"
Abissinie [Abyssinia, Ethiopia]
L. Maraivi [Lake Maraivi]
Ethiopia [sic, here used for central Africa]
Quiloa
I. Dina [Isle Dina]
"C. de la Circoncision"
Madagascar
C. Guadafui [Cape Guadafui]
Goa
Pondicheri
G. of Bengal [Gulf of Bengal, Bay of Bengal]
I. d'Amsterdam [Isle d'Amsterdam]
I. Nachlegal [Isle Nachlegal]
I de los Romeiros [Isla de los Romeiros]
I de France [Isle de France]
I. Rodriguez [Isle Rodriguez]
Africa
I Gallega [Isle Gallega]
I de St. Jean de Lisbon [Isle de Saint Jean de Lisbon]
Curiat
Caspian S. [Caspian Sea]
Agra
Mogul
Indies
Heeran
Camboge
Tolbolsk
Iepiskou
Pegu
"Terra de la Campagnie"
Niptcheou [Nerchinsk]
Tartary Chinese [sic, intending Chinese Tartary, Manchuria]
Grande Tartary [Mongolia]
Russia in Asia
Indian Sea [Indian Ocean]
South Sea [Pacific Ocean]
B. des Assassins [Baie des Assassins, Assassination Cove]
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