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A Plat of All the World
1655-1657
handcolored engraving
(Baroque Europe )
(Baroque Europe )
This is one of the first maps to account for time zones as well as longitude.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
W. Graham Arader III, Philadelphia [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Jean and Sidney Silber, Baltimore, April 1, 1981, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2011, by gift.
Geographies
United Kingdom, England, London (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Framed: H: 26 × W: 36 × D: 1 in. (66 × 91.4 × 2.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jean and Sidney Silber, 2011
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
93.166