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Map Periplus; an essay on the early history of charts and sailing-directions

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Title

  • Periplus; an essay on the early history of charts and sailing-directions

Names

  • Nordenskiöld, A. E. (Adolf Erik), 1832-1901
  • Bather, Francis Arthur, 1863-1934, tr
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Stockholm [P. A. Norstedt & söner] 1897.

Headings

  • -  Early maps
  • -  Cartography--History
  • -  Navigation--History

Genre

  • World atlases
  • Early maps
  • Nautical charts

Notes

  • -  At head of title: A. E. Nordenskiöld.
  • -  "The Periplus may be regarded as a second volume to the [author's] Facsimile-atlas [to the early history of cartography]"--Pref.
  • -  "Sailing directions for the northern seas. By E. W. Dahlgren": p. 101-110.
  • -  Phillips, 658
  • -  LAC knj 2019-07-02 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 1 atlas (x, 208 p., 60 double pl. incl. 234 maps (part col.)), illus. 50 x 39 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G1025 .N73 1897

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • map38000128

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Nordenskiöld, A. E, Francis Arthur Bather, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Periplus; an Essay on the Early History of Charts and Sailing-Directions. [Stockholm P. A. Norstedt & söner, 1897] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/map38000128/.

APA citation style:

Nordenskiöld, A. E., Bather, F. A. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1897) Periplus; an Essay on the Early History of Charts and Sailing-Directions. [Stockholm P. A. Norstedt & söner] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/map38000128/.

MLA citation style:

Nordenskiöld, A. E, Francis Arthur Bather, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Periplus; an Essay on the Early History of Charts and Sailing-Directions. [Stockholm P. A. Norstedt & söner, 1897] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/map38000128/>.