Atlas maritimus. or A book of charts : Describeing the sea coasts capes headlands sands shoals rocks and dangers the bayes roads harbors rivers and ports, in most of the knowne parts of the world. With the true courses and distances, from one place to another. Gathered from the latest and best discoveryes, that have bin made by divers able and experienced navigators of our English nation. Accomodated with an hydrographicall description of the whole world. By John Seller. Hidrographer to ye Kings most excellent Majestie.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Seller, John, active 1658-1698.

Series:

Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2556:1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hydrographic surveying--Early works to 1800.

Hydrographic surveying.

Nautical charts--Early works to 1800.

Nautical charts.

Physical Description:

12 unnumbered pages, 40 unnumbered leaves of plates : maps

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

Book of charts

Sea-Atlas

Place of Publication:

[London] : And are to be sold by him, at the Hermitage Staires in Wapping and at his shop in the Exchange Alley near the Royall Exchange in London, [1672?]

Notes:

Below imprint: Cum privilegio.

Title page is engraved and is counted with the plates.

Publication date from Wing CD-ROM, 1996.

First publication, with 26 maps, under title: Atlas maritimus, or, A book of charts. [London, 1670?] but all copies and editions vary in contents. Cf. Phillips.

The maps are on 39 double plates.

Reproduction of original in the John Carter Brown Library.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1998. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2556:1). s1998 miun a

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) S2463C

Phillips 487

OCLC:

84796724