Map A description of the sea coasts ... in the East Indies Hack's descript of ye East Indies / Also known as: Buccaneer atlas

Title

• A description of the sea coasts ... in the East Indies

Other Title

• Hack's descript of ye East Indies
• Also known as: Buccaneer atlas

Names

• Hacke, William

Created / Published

• [1690?]

Headings

• -  Coasts--Asia--Maps--Early works to 1800
• -  Coasts--Africa--Maps--Early works to 1800
• -  Asia--Maps
• -  Africa--Maps
• -  India
• -  China--Macau (Special Administrative Region)

Genre

• Atlases
• Manuscript maps
• Early maps
• Nautical charts

Notes

• -  Covers the coasts of eastern Africa, India, and the East Indies.
• -  Relief shown pictorially.
• -  Each drawing bears a brief description with soundings, distances and facts regarding anchorages and navigation of rivers which might be of value in pirating activities.
• -  This atlas is known as the "Buccaneer atlas" because it results from the experience of Hacke in association with Captain Bartholomew Sharpe, the notorious Buccaneer on various expeditions to the South Sea.
• -  Pen-and-ink and watercolor.
• -  List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 3162

Medium

• 1 atlas (1 v. (various pagings)) : ms., col. ill., col. maps ; 47 x 38 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• G2201.P5 H3 1690

Repository

• Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g7401pm.gct00372

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2002626774

Online Format

• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2002626774

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