Scientia Terrarum et Coelorum or the heavens and earth astronomically and geographically delineated and displayed...by S. Dunn. London printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett...1781. S Dunn teacher of mathematics...Chelsea. Printed for and sold by Robert Sayer...1780.
World map on two sheets in two hemispheres, coloured in outline. Nine insets including two celestial hemispheres and six diagrams of the solar system and moon. Prime meridian through Ferro Tracks of Bouvet 1738-40, Anson, Bougainville 1768, and Cook's three voyages. Copious explanatory notes on tides, dials astronomy, the seasons etc. Check 3261 Insets: A chart of the world according to Mercator's projection with rhumb lines.
Object Details
| ID: | G201:1/47B |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Dunn, Samuel; Robert Sayer & John Bennett |
| Places: | World |
| Date made: | 1780-1781 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Between neat lines: 58.5 cm (diameter of hemispheres); To the plate mark: 123.5 cm x 98.5 cm; Overall sheet dimensions: 127.5 cm x 106 cm |