A map of the British and French dominions in North America with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements, humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Halifax, and the other Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations

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Title:
A map of the British and French dominions in North America with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements, humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Halifax, and the other Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations
Contributor:
Kitchin, Thomas, 1719-1784
Millar, Andrew, 1705-1768
Creator:
Mitchell, John, 1711-1768
Name on Item:
by their Lordships most obliged and very humble servant, Jno. Mitchell ; Tho: Kitchin, sculp.
Date:
February 13, 1755
Format:
Maps
Location:
Phillips Academy
Collection (local):
Sidney R. Knafel Map Collection at Phillips Academy, Andover MA
Subjects:
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
North America (area)
Extent:
1 map on 8 sheets : hand col. ; 136 x 195 cm, sheets 76 x 55 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/hq37vw00x
Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
[London] : Sold by And: Millar opposite Katharine Street in the Strand
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:2,020,000]
Language:
English
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially.
First English edition, 3rd impression.
Includes text and inset "A new map of Hudson's Bay and Labrador from the late survey of those coasts."
Notes (citation):
Stephenson, R.W. Table for identifying variant editions and impressions of John Mitchell's map of the British and French dominions in North America
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 39
Identifier:
1334

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