A new and correct map of North America, with the West India islands, divided according to the preliminary articles of peace, signed at Versailles, 20 Jan. 1783, wherein are particularly distinguished the United States, & the several provinces and colonies, which compose the British empire : laid down according to the latest surveys, and corrected from the original materials, of Goverr. Pownall, membr. of Parliamt. 1783

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Title:
A new and correct map of North America, with the West India islands, divided according to the preliminary articles of peace, signed at Versailles, 20 Jan. 1783, wherein are particularly distinguished the United States, & the several provinces and colonies, which compose the British empire : laid down according to the latest surveys, and corrected from the original materials, of Goverr. Pownall, membr. of Parliamt. 1783
Cartographer:
Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694-1767
Publisher:
Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
Date:
[1783]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
New-York Historical Society
Collection (local):
New-York Historical Society Collection
Subjects:
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
United States--Maps--Early works to 1800
Mexico--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:

North America (area)
Mexico
Extent:
1 map in 2 sheets : outline color ; 103 x 118.4 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
London : Printed for Robt. Sayer and Jno. Bennett, no. 53 Fleet Street
Scale:
Scale 1:5,500,000
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://library.nyu.edu/persistent/lcn/nyu_aleph004280591?institution=NYU&persistent
Notes:
New state of 1779 issue showing 1783 boundaries and with changes to the title but retaining the 1779 date in imprint.
The map includes articles 4, 5, 7, 9, 17, 18, and 20 of the Treaty of Versailles.
Insets: Particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay--Passage by land to California discover'd by Father Eusebius Francis Kino ...
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Stevens and Tree. Comparative cartography, no. 49h
Identifier:
93230d_MapNorthAmerWIndies1783_L4_3_2