Halley's chart of the trade winds and monsoons, taken from Bibliothèque universelle et historique d...
Halley's chart of the trade winds and monsoons, taken from Bibliothèque universelle et historique de l'année, 1687, tome quatrieme.
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Publisher
A Amsterdam Chez Wolfgang, Waesberge, Boom, & van Someron, 1687.
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Language
French
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Cartographic data
Scale approximately 1:110 000 000. (W 92°--E 140°/N 35°--S 35°)
Physical content
1 map : copperplate ; 14.5 x 48 cm, folded to 12 x 7 cm.
Content type
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
A Amsterdam Chez Wolfgang, Waesberge, Boom, & van Someron, 1687.
Analytical title
Bibliothèque universelle et historique. M.D.C.LXXXVII. Tome quatrieme.
Date Published
1687.
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Halley's chart of the trade winds and monsoons, taken from Bibliothèque universelle et historique de l'année, 1687, tome quatrieme.
Variant title
Bibliothèque universelle et historique. M.D.C.LXXXVII. Tome quatrieme.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Notes
General note
"Meridian de Londres".
"Pag. 92 IV.Tom" -- above the neat line.
Purchased from Douglas Stewart Fine Books, January 2016....
Language note
In French.
With
With: Bibliothéque Universelle Tom 3-4.
Time Period
1687
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Biographical note
Edmund Halley (1656-1742) was a scientist, fellow of the Royal Society of London and was the second Astronomer Royal at Greenwich after John Flamsteed. Throughout his life Halley contributed to many scientific fields, including astronomy, mathematics and meteorology. Halley was involved in the efforts to establish a reliable method of calculating l...
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Record Identifier
74VKzPWe3MAg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzPWe3MAg
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MMS ID
991023355699702626
