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Hand-coloured engraving titled Geography with circular globe diagrams, cone projections, and colored maps of Italy and Asia on a cream page.

Geography: projection of globes and maps, hand-coloured engraving

A hand-coloured engraved plate titled Geography, showing diagrams of spherical and conic map projections. Circular hemispheres in blue, green and yellow sit beside cone-shaped developments, with two colored map sections of Italy and Asia at the bottom. Labeled lines and letters mark the grids.

Artist
Neele, active 1807.
Date
21 February 1807
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3137 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1807.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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