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THORNTON, John (1641-1708). A Chart of the Sea Coasts. Europe, Africa, and America From the North Parts of Scotland, to Cape Bona Esperanca, and From Hudsons Straits to ye Magellan Straits, According to Mr. Wright's Projection, Vulgerly Called Meractors Chart, [London: c. 1700]. Hand-coloured engraved chart, title cartouche with 2 Africans on either side and surmounted by an elephant, compass rose (trimmed close to upper and lower edges), 433 x 527mm.
John Thornton was Hydrographer to the Hudson Bay Company and to the East India Company. He worked closely with John Seller, and took over the publishing of his English Pilot between 1689 and 1703.
John Thornton was Hydrographer to the Hudson Bay Company and to the East India Company. He worked closely with John Seller, and took over the publishing of his English Pilot between 1689 and 1703.
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