An accurate map of North America : Describing and distinguishing the British and Spanish dominions of this great continent; according to the definitive treaty concluded at Paris 10th Feby. 1763. Also all the West India Islands belonging to and possessed by the several European princes and states


An accurate map of North America
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Title:
An accurate map of North America : Describing and distinguishing the British and Spanish dominions of this great continent; according to the definitive treaty concluded at Paris 10th Feby. 1763. Also all the West India Islands belonging to and possessed by the several European princes and states
Creator:
Bowen, Emanuel, -1767
Contributor:
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Contributor:
Gibson, J. (John), active 1750-1792
Name on Item:
The whole laid down according to the latest and most authentick improvements, by Eman. Bowen, geogr. to His Majesty and John Gibson, engraver.
Date:
1775
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
New York Public Library
Collection (local):
Maps of North America
Subjects:
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
British--America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
North America (area)
Extent:
col. map 103 x 118 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
London : Printed for Robert Sayer
Scale:
Scale ca. 1:550,000
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ee86-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Notes:
Hand colored.
Relief shown pictorially.
"Longit. w. from London."
From Thomas Jefferys' American atlas. 1775. no. 5, 6.
Includes historical notes, excerpts from the treaty of 1763, and insets of "A particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay," and "The passage by land to California."
LCCN:
74694274