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Theatrum belli in America Septentrionali

Shows the east coast from the Gulf of the St. Lawrence to the Carolinas, and the interior as far west as the Mississippi Valley. Displayed here is the first state of the map, lacking the inset of Fort Frederick.

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Creator

Rhode, Johann Christoph, 1713-1786

Contributor

Berger, Friedrich Gottlieb, b. 1713

Date

[1755]

Name on Item

II. foliis comprehensum jussu Acad[emiis] Reg[iis] Scient[iarum] et Eleg[antium] exhibet ; I.C. Rhode Ac[ademiae?] Geogr[aphus?] ; Berger, sculpsit Berol[ini].

Publisher

Academia Regia Scientiarum et Elegantium Litterarum

Scale

Scale [ca. 1:4,000,000]

Language

German; Latin

Location

George Washington's Mount Vernon

Collection (local)

Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon

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

1 map : hand col. ; 55 x 78 cm.

Terms and License
  • No known copyright restrictions.
  • This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
Notes
  • Date of publication from Tooley, R.V. Tooley's Dict. of mapmakers. 1979.
  • Prime meridian: [Ferro].
  • Relief shown pictorially.
  • Lower left: Nord America I. Blatt ; Lower right: Nord America II. Blatt.
  • Map in German. Title in Latin.

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