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A New map of the whole continent of America, divided into North and South and West Indies. : With a descriptive account of the European possessions as settled by the difinitive treaty of peace at Paris Feby. 10th 1763

Subject: Map of the Western Hemisphere. Includes cartouche at bottom right with a native headpiece and quiver, a beaver and a crocodile or alligator, set in a landscape.

Metadata

Creator

Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782

Publisher

Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)

Date

1777

Name on Item

Compiled from Mr. D'Anville's maps of that continent, and corrected in the several parts beloning to Great Britain, from the original materials of Governor Pownall, M.P.

Publisher

Printed for Robt. Sayer and John Bennett, no. 53 Fleet Street, as the Acti directs

Scale

Scale [ca. 1:13,000,000]

Language

English

Location

American Antiquarian Society

Collection (local)

American Antiquarian Society Collection

Subjects
  • North America--Maps
  • South America--Maps
Places
  • North America
  • North and Central America
  • South America
Extent

1 map on 4 sheets : engraving, hand colored ; 58 x 136 cm.

Terms and License
  • Public Domain/No known restrictions on use. Contact host institution to download image.
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Notes
  • Prime meridian: Ferro.
  • Relief shown pictorially.
  • Inset: The supplement to North America containing the countries adjoining to Baffins & Hudsons bays.
  • "The continent and islands of America possessed by the European nations are as follows ... "

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