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Sun in Samuel Dunn Wall Map of the World

''A General Map of the World, or Terraqueous Globe'', full title: ''A General Map of the World, or Terraqueous Globe with all the New Discoveries and Marginal Delineations, Containing the Most Interesting Particulars in the Solar, Starry and Mundane System'', is a general map of the world, or terraqueous globe with all the new discoveries and marginal delineations, containing interesting particulars in the

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, starry and mundane system by Samuel Dunn and

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in 1794. The map features

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s, a map of the Moon, a map of the

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, and numerous other features along with maps of both hemispheres of the Earth. Samuel Dunn's map is large and includes much detail, and is challenging to fully describe it in small photographs or text.

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The primary map is surrounded on all sides by detailed scientific calculations and descriptions as well as

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and Southern Hemisphere

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and

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analemma chart, a map of the

, a mercator projection of the Earth, an analemma projection, a seasonal chart, a universal scale chart, and numerous smaller diagrams depicting planets and mathematical systems. All text is in English. The survey of this map starts in North America, much of which was, even in 1794, largely unknown. This map follows shortly after the explorations of captain

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in the Arctic and

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, so the general outline of the continent is known. However, when this map was made, few inland expeditions had extended westward beyond the

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. This map notes two separate speculative courses for the apocryphal river of the west, a northern route extending from lake Winnipeg and a southern route passing south of Winnipeg through Pike's lake. The River of the West was hopeful dream of French and English explorers who were searching for a water passage through North America to the Pacific. In concept, should such a route be found, it would have become an important trade artery allowing the British and French, whose colonies dominated the eastern parts of North America, to compete with the Spanish for control of the lucrative Asia-Pacific trade. These earlier speculative cartographers didn't realize that the bulk of the Rocky Mountains stood between them and their plans. The kingdom of

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, which is one of the lands associated with Spanish legends of the Seven Cities of Gold is located slightly south of the western rivers. Map of Europe in 1794 Samuel Dunn Map of the World in Hemispheres

Map of Europe in 1794 Samuel Dunn Map of the World in Hemispheres

References

The History of Cartography Project
at the University of Wisconsin, a comprehensive research project in the history of maps and mapping

at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland

- a learning resource from the British Library
Modern Medieval Map Myths: The Flat World, Ancient Sea-Kings, and Dragons

, Newberry Library
Newberry Library Cartographic Catalog : map catalog and bibliography of the history of cartography

American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection
See Map for more links to historical maps; however, most of the largest sites are listed at the sites linked below.
Eratosthenes Map of the Earth, and Measuring of its Circumference
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