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• Title:A map of the discoveries made by Capts. Cook & Clerke in the years 1778 & 1779 between the eastern coast of Asia and the Western coast of North America, when they attempted to navigate the North Sea, also Mr. Hearn's discoveries to the north westward of Hudson's Bay in 1772 / J.T. Scott sculp. ; engraved for Carey's American edition of Guthrie's Geography Improved.
  
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• Author/Creator:Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Scott, J.
  Coolie Verner Map Collection.
  Andrew McCormick Collection.
  
• Published/Created:[Philadelphia, PA : Mathew Carey, 1796].
  

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  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS framedWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: G9235 1796 C37
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Links:Andrew McCormick Collection
    

  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS mapsWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: RBSC-ARC-1677:C:1796:C
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS pamphlet filesWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number:No call number available 
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Cook, James, 1728-1779.
  Hearne, Samuel, 1745-1792.
  North Pacific Ocean--Discovery and exploration--Maps--Early works to 1800.
  Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--Maps--Early works to 1800.
  Pacific Ocean, Northern--Discovery and Exploration--To 1800--Maps.
  North America--Maps--18th century.
  
• Subject(s): Pacific Ocean, Northern--Maps--18th century.
  Canada, Northern--Discovery and exploration--To 1800--Maps.
  
• Description:Scale ca. [1:60,000,000] ; (E 120° - W 70° / N 70° - N 10°).
  1 map : engraved ; 15. 4 x 26 cm.
  
• Local note:UBC also has a copy in the Andrew McCormick Collection, listed as mccormick_166
  
• Notes:Relief shown by hachures.
  Tracks of Cook's ships; Hearne's discoveries.
  Prime meridians: Greenwich (top); Philadelphia (bottom).
  Watermark in each half.
  Also in: Carey's American Atlas; Carey's General Atlas.
  References: Brun 24.
  From: Guthrie's geography improved / Mathew Carey. Philadelphia : Mathew Carey, 1796. Atlas.
  
• Cited in:Verner card file V200