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• Title:Chart containing part of the Icy Sea with the adjacent coast of Asia and America.
  
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• Author/Creator:Jeffreys, Thomas, approximately 1710-1771.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Coolie Verner Map Collection.
  
• Published/Created:London : Published according to Act of Parliament... by T. Jefferys Geographer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at the Corner of St. Martins Lane Charing Cross, Feb.19, 1753.
  

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  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS mapsWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: RBSC-ARC-1677:1753:J
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Bering Strait--18th century--Maps.
  Russia--Exploring Expeditions--Maps.
  
• Subject(s):Asia, Northeastern
  North America, Northern
  
• Description:Scale [1:19 008 000] ; (W 202 ̊35'-W 107 ̊-35' / N 82 ̊-N 60 ̊).
  1 map : engraved ; 41 x 50 cm. ;
  
• Notes:Coastlines; rivers; route of Capt. Behring 1728, the Russians 1731 and 1732.
  Tables with text conparing latitudes observed by Capt. Behring on the coast of Siberia and by Moll and Senex; other text referring to exploration of North America and Asia.
  Prime meridians: London (top); Ferro (bottom).
  Watermark in left half.
  Map extends beyond neat line on the left.
  Line title in bottom border centre
  
• Cited in:A Chart of North and South America including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans with the nearest coasts of Europe, Afirca, and Asia 1
  Verner card file V253