A new and accurate map of the English empire in North America : representing their rightful claim as confirm'd by charters, and the formal surrender of their Indian friends : likewise the encroachments of the French, with the several forts they have unjustly erected therein

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A new and accurate map of the English empire in North America
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Title:
A new and accurate map of the English empire in North America : representing their rightful claim as confirm'd by charters, and the formal surrender of their Indian friends : likewise the encroachments of the French, with the several forts they have unjustly erected therein
Cartographer:
Society of Anti-Gallicans
Publisher:
Herbert, William, 1718-1795
Publisher:
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Name on Item:
by a Society of Anti-Gallicans
Date:
1755
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
New-York Historical Society
Collection (local):
New-York Historical Society Collection
Subjects:
United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Maps--Early works to 1800
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Québec (Québec)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Annapolis Royal (N.S.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Fort Dauphin (N.S.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Fort Saint Frederic (Crown Point, N.Y.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Louisbourg (N.S.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Halifax (N.S.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Atlantic Ocean--Maps
Places:

North America (area)
Canada > Québec
Canada > Annapolis Royal
Canada > Louisbourg
Canada > Halifax
Fort Saint Frederic Ruins
Englishtown
Extent:
1 map : hand col. ; 42 x 81 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[London] : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Decr. 1755 and sold by Wm. Herbert on London Bridge & Robt. Sayer over against Fetter Lane in Fleet Street
Scale:
Scale 1:7,000,000
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://library.nyu.edu/persistent/lcn/nyu_aleph004600651?institution=NYU&persistent
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially.
Shows English claims across North America.
Insets: Plan of the town of Quebeck--Plan of the harbour of Annapolis Royal--Plan of Port Dauphin on the isle of Cape Briton--Fort Frederick built by the French at Crown or Scalp Point in the year 1731--Plan of the harbour and town of Louisbourg on the isle of Cape Briton--Plan of Chebucto harbour--[North America in relation to Europe].
Notes (citation):
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 28
Identifier:
93226d_EnglishEmpire1755_M31_5_13