[Map of the Wilderness Road]
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Item Information
- Title:
- [Map of the Wilderness Road]
- Description:
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Shows the Wilderness Road from the River Roanoke to the junction of the Holston River with the Tennessee River.
- Cartographer:
- Bullitt, Thomas
- Former owner:
- Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797
- Former owner:
- Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
- Name on Item:
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T. Bullitt Capt. Of ye Provincial Reg.t of Virg.a.
- Date:
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[1761–1773]
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
- Location:
- British Library
- Collection (local):
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British Library Collection
- Subjects:
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Cherokee Indians--Wilderness Road--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Wilderness Road--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Places:
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Wilderness Road (route)
- Extent:
- 1 map on 3 sheets : joined, laid on linen, manuscript pen and ink with watercolour over pencil ; 160 x 76 cm
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
- Publisher:
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[Place of production not identified] :
T. Bullitt Capt. Of ye Provincial Reg.t of Virg.a.,
- Scale:
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Scale approximately 1:316,800
- Language:
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English
- Catalog Record:
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http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-001999749
- Notes:
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Date range from dates given on map and from previous British Libray cataloguing
Relief is shown pictorially
Oriented with north to the lower right of the map, indicated by a decorative compass rose
Shows scale bar in miles at lower right
Shows forts and posts
Shows overland routes and encampments - "Col. Waddles Incamp.t Year 1761. Nov. 13.th.".
Copy at Add Ms 27,716.4. Red stamp of R.U.S.I. at lower right. Comprises 3 sheets, joined, and laid on linen. Green circular label to verso showing "13". White label to verso showing "DRAWER 30 SECTION 2". Blue label to verso showing "A 30/88". Stamped in black ink "ADD. MS. 57,716(4)". Manuscript additions to verso in pencil show "846B" and repeat pressmark.
- Notes (date):
-
9999
This date is inferred.
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