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2 v. fronts., plates, maps (part fold.) 36 cm.
Some of the pages in this document were selected as part of a class project for Professor Garth Bond’s History of the Book seminar, Spring 2012. The abstract was prepared by Kyle Brennan.
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Publication Date
1777
Publisher
Printed for J. Cooke
City
London
Keywords
ENG 527 History of the Book. Maps. Geography.
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This work is in the public domain under United States Copyright Law. If you use any part of this work please include Lawrence University Special Collections in your citation.
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Middleton, Charles Theodore esq., "Selected pages from A new and complete system of geography. Containing a full, accurate, authentic and interesting account and description of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America ... Also a concise history of every empire, kingdom, state, &c. ... The whole embellished and enriched with upwards of one hundred ... copper plates ... By Charles Theodore Middleton, esq. assisted by several gentlemen." (1777). Selections from Special Collections. 4.
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Abstract
Systems of Geography, an early atlas/encyclopedia of the known, developed world, presents two examples of a progression towards fixity in mapmaking, first with the map of Europe. In just under three hundred years, geographic mapping of Europe had progressed greatly towards fixity from what was seen in a comparable map of Europe in the Nuremberg Chronicle. Note not only the strikingly accurate coastline, but also the interior of the continent. Although containing a few minor errors, this map could potentially be mistaken for a modern map of Europe.