File:1806 Cary Map of Asia, Polynesia, and Australia - Geographicus - Asia-cary-1806.jpg

Summary

John Cary: A New Map of Asia, From the Latest Authorities. ( )

Artist

John Cary (–1835)
Alternative names	J. Cary
Description	cartographer, engraver, mapseller, printseller and graphic artist
Date of birth/death	23 February 1755 / 1754	16 August 1835
Location of birth/death	Corsley	Mortlake
Work period	1788 / 1793 / 1797
Work location	London
Authority file	: Q3446124 VIAF: 54449369 ISNI: 0000000109029713 LCCN: n82154813 NLA: 36591446 Oxford Dict.: 37265 WorldCat

Title

A New Map of Asia, From the Latest Authorities.

Description

English: This is John Cary’s stunning 1806 map of Asia, Australia, and Polynesia. Covers from the Mediterranean to the Aleutian Islands and from the Arctic to South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. This beautifully rendered map is truly a masterpiece of engraving, with mountain ranges, lakes, deserts, and rivers excited with such precision that the result appears almost three dimensional. Cary injects astounding detail throughout with countless towns, cities, geographical features, rivers, islands and bodies of water noted. In desert regions fresh water sources are noted. In the seas certain shoals and undersea are included. In China and Manchuria the Great Wall appears. Singapore islands is shown but not specifically named. The Liakhov Islands, in northern Siberia, which some believed to be entirely composed of fossil mammoth ivory, are noted as Shore Discovered by Hunters. Published by John Cary in his 1808 Cary's New Universal Atlas .

Date

1806 (dated)

Dimensions

height: 18.5 in (46.9 cm); width: 21 in (53.3 cm)

Accession number

Geographicus link: Asia-cary-1806

Source/Photographer

Cary, John, Cary's New Universal Atlas, containing distinct maps of all the principal states and kingdoms throughout the World. From the latest and best authorities extant. London: Printed for J. Cary, Engraver and Map-seller, No. 181, near Norfolk Street, Strand, 1808.

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