An accurate map of North America : describing and distinguishing the British and Spanish dominions of this great continent; according to the definitive treaty concluded at Paris 10th Feby. 1763 : also all the West India Islands belonging to and possessed by the several European princes and states

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An accurate map of North America
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Title:
An accurate map of North America : describing and distinguishing the British and Spanish dominions of this great continent; according to the definitive treaty concluded at Paris 10th Feby. 1763 : also all the West India Islands belonging to and possessed by the several European princes and states
Creator:
Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
Name on Item:
the whole laid down according to the latest and most authentick improvements, by Eman. Bowen, geogr. to His Majesty and John Gibson, engraver.
Date:
1775
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
North America (area)
Extent:
1 map : hand col. ; 99 x 115 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
London : Printed for Robert Sayer
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:5,400,000]
Language:
English
Notes:
Prime meridians: London and Ferro.
Relief shown pictorially.
Appears in Thomas Jefferys' American atlas. 1775. No. 5, 6.
Includes historical notes, excerpts from the treaty of 1763, and insets of "A particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay," and "The passage by land to California."
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Identifier:
06_01_006070
Call #:
G3300 1775 .B69
Barcode:
39999065660688
LCCN:
74694274