[Franklin-Folger chart of the Gulf Stream].

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[Franklin-Folger chart of the Gulf Stream].

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
London : Sold by Jno. Mount and Tho. Page, [ca. 1768]

NOTES
Shows the Gulf Stream.

Publication authorized by Benjamin Franklin and Timothy Folger.

Gulf Stream information overprinted on: A new and exact chart of Mr. E. Wrights projection, rut. Mercators chart, con. ye sea coast of Europe, Africa & America, from ye Isles of Orkney to Cape Bona Esperance & Hudsons Bay to ye straits of Magellan, according to ye observations of Capt. E. Halley, fellow of ye R.S. / to the Rt. Honble., ye Principle Officers & Commissioners of His Majesties Navy ; this chart is most humbly dedicated and presented by their most obedient faithfull servants John Mount & Th. Page ; H. Moll fecit.

Includes text and inset of "The sea coast from Rio de la Plata to Terra del Fuego &c."

LC copy has 3 red, black, and blue stamps below base map title.

Scale [ca. 1:15,000,000]. At equator ; Wright proj. (W 103⁰--E 27⁰/N 59⁰--S 58⁰).

SUBJECTS
Gulf Stream--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Atlantic Ocean--Maps--Early works to 1800.
World maps--Early works to 1800.
Gulf Stream.
Atlantic Ocean.
Earth.

RELATED TITLES
New and exact chart of Mr. E. Wrights projection, rut. Mercators chart, con. ye sea coast of Europe, Africa & America, from ye Isles of Orkney to Cape Bona Esperance & Hudsons Bay to ye straits of Magellan, according to ye observations of Capt. E. Halley, fellow of ye R.S.

MEDIUM
1 map ; 87 x 97 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G9112.G8 1768 .F7 Vault Oversize

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

DIGITAL ID
g9112g ct000753 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g9112g.ct000753

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