Bowles's new and accurate map of North America and the West Indies : exhibiting the extent and boundaries of the United States, the British dominions, and territories possessed in that quarter by the Spaniards, the French, and other European powers ; the whole compiled and laid down from the best authorities, regulated and divided according to the preliminary Articles of Peace signed at Versailles 20th. Jany. 1783

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Bowles's new and accurate map of North America and the West Indies
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Title:
Bowles's new and accurate map of North America and the West Indies : exhibiting the extent and boundaries of the United States, the British dominions, and territories possessed in that quarter by the Spaniards, the French, and other European powers ; the whole compiled and laid down from the best authorities, regulated and divided according to the preliminary Articles of Peace signed at Versailles 20th. Jany. 1783
Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793
Date:
1784
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
North America (area)
Extent:
1 map : hand col. ; 98 x 113 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
London : Carington Bowles
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:5,500,000]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
MVLA record
Notes:
Prime meridian: London and Ferro.
Relief shown pictorially.
Inset: Environs of Baffin's and Hudson's Bays, being a supplement to the map of North America.
Includes arcticle 3 of the Treaty of Peace and chart listing areas possessed by various countries.
Panel to left of scale bars mounted upside down.
Imprint trimmed off of lower margin.
Identifier:
06_01_009604