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| Keywords: 1827 Finley Map of the World on Mercator's Projection - Geographicus - World-finley-1827.jpg This is Finley ™s desirable 1827 map of the World Covers the entire world on a Mercator Projection Identifies deserts rivers many countries and numerous cities Color coded according to continent with Australia New Holland attached to Asia Does not show Antarctica but does identify South Shetland just north of the Arctic Circle The original owner has added manuscript annotations to the upper and lower margins extending briefly into the map in upper section This annotation in a flowing 19th century script shows time zones from Washington upper margin and from London lower Margin Mile scale and title in the upper right quadrant Engraved by Young and Delleker for the 1827 edition of Anthony Finley's General Atlas 1827 undated Size in 11 5 9 object history credit line accession number World-finley-1827 Finley Anthony <i>A New General Altas Comprising a Complete Set of Maps representing the Grand Divisions of the Globe Together with the several Empires Kingdoms and States in the World; Compiled from the Best Authorities and corrected by the Most Recent Discoveries</i> Philadelphia 1827 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Anthony Finley Maps by Anthony Finley 1827 maps 1820s maps of the world | ||||
