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Armillary Sphere and Map of the World c. 1763

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English: Plate LXXXVII from the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed. A diagram of an armillary sphere and map of the world as two equatorial orthographic projections of the western and eastern hemispheres as known c. 1771.
Date
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 680 ff.
Author Credited to Andrew Bell, engraver. The map was actually drawn by Andrew Dury and engraved by Thomas Kitchin in 1761 and then edited and reprinted in 1763 and 1764.
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  • Fig. 1. Armillary Sphere. (annotated)
    Fig. 1. Armillary Sphere.
    (annotated)
  • Fig. 2. World Map.
    Fig. 2. World Map.
  • Original Dury map (annotated)
    Original Dury map
    (annotated)

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