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Chart of the Pacific Ocean : drawn from a great number of printed and ms. journals /

Chart of the Pacific Ocean : drawn from a great number of printed and ms. journals /

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Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Also shows routes and dates of exploration.
In upper left corner: To Joseph de Mendoza Rios esqr., F.R.S. &c.&c. This chart of the Pacific Ocean is dedicated, in testimony of respect and esteem, by his much obliged humble servt., A. Arrowsmith.
"London: Published Octr. 1st., 1798 by A. Arrowsmith, no. 5 Charles Street, Soho Square."
Portrait pasted on above dedication.
Includes notes and ill. in title cartouche.
Exhibited in the Surveyors of the Pacific exhibit, no. 77.
LC copy incomplete: Upper middle and left sheets missing.
LC copy annotated on verso in black ink: 100, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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Date

01/01/1798
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Contributors

Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823.
Foot, T. (Thomas)
Allen, George, active 1790-1821.
Mendoza y Riós, José de, 1763-1816.
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Library of Congress
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