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North America

Title
North America / performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood by the Sieur d'Anville ; greatly improved by Mr. Bolton ; engrav'd by R. W. Seale ; Gravelot, delin. ; Walker, sculp.
Author
Bolton, Solomon, -approximately 1768.
Publication
[London] : Printed for John and Paul Knapton, 1752.
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Additional Authors
  • Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782.
  • Seale, Richard William.
  • Postlethwayt, Malachy, 1707?-1767.
  • Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773.
  • Walker, Anthony, 1726-1765.
  • John and Paul Knapton (Firm)
Description
1 map : hand col.; 82 x 83 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Mercator Society Fund.
  • Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 550M.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Subject
Note
  • Relief shown pictorially.
  • Shows provinces, cities and towns, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory.
  • Also shows shoals, banks, and other navigational hazards off the coast of Nova Scotia and in the Caribbean area.
  • "N.B. This large map of North America was originally engrav'd at Paris, ..."
  • Issued to the subscribers of "Mr. Postlethwayt's Dictionary of commerce."
  • Includes historical and descriptive notes, and an inset chart of Baffin Bay and Hudson Bay.
  • Prime meridian: Ferro.
Indexed In (note)
  • LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789
Additional Formats (note)
  • Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Call Number
Map Div. 00-348
LCCN
74694275
OCLC
5406800
Author
Bolton, Solomon, -approximately 1768.
Title
North America / performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood by the Sieur d'Anville ; greatly improved by Mr. Bolton ; engrav'd by R. W. Seale ; Gravelot, delin. ; Walker, sculp.
Imprint
[London] : Printed for John and Paul Knapton, 1752.
Cartographic Data
Scale [ca. 1:6,000,000] (W 114̕--W 52̕/N 52̕--N 6̕)
Indexed In:
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 13
Additional Formats
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Local Note
Copy in Map Div. 00-348: Mercator Society Fund.
Copy in Map Div. 97-6155: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection.
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Added Author
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782.
Seale, Richard William.
Postlethwayt, Malachy, 1707?-1767.
Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773. Illustrator
Walker, Anthony, 1726-1765. egr.
John and Paul Knapton (Firm)
Research Call Number
Map Div. 00-348 [Filed as Oversize - North America]
Map Div. 97-6155 [Oversize - Filed with LHS Oversize; LHS 550M]
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