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A general map of North America : in which is express'd the several new roads, forts, engagements, &c. taken from actual surveys and observations made in the army employ'd there, from the year 1754, to 1761

Title: A general map of North America : in which is express'd the several new roads, forts, engagements, &c. taken from actual surveys and observations made in the army employ'd there, from the year 1754, to 1761 / drawn by the late John Rocque, topographer to His Majesty = Cartes generales de l'Amerique Septentrionale : en les quelles font exprimés les nouvelles routes, forts, battailles, &c. d'aprés les observations qui ou eté faites depuis, l'an 1754, jusqua l'an 1761 / recuellies par feu Jean Rocque, topographe de sa sa Majesté brittanique, &c.
Author: Rocque, John, -1762.
Publication: [London] : Published according to Act by M. A. Rocque in the Strand & A. Dury in Dukes Court, St. Martins Lane, [1761?]

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Description

1 map on 2 sheets : hand col.; 87 x 90 cm., sheets 54 x 94 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.

Alternative Title

Cartes generales de l'Amerique Septentrionale

Subject

North America > Maps > Early works to 1800

Note

Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridian: London.
Includes historic and descriptive text.

Indexed In (note)

Phillips. Maps of America
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789

Language (note)

Title in English and French.

Call Number

Map Div. 01-5326

LCCN

74696222

OCLC

5412844

Author

Rocque, John, -1762.

Title

A general map of North America : in which is express'd the several new roads, forts, engagements, &c. taken from actual surveys and observations made in the army employ'd there, from the year 1754, to 1761 / drawn by the late John Rocque, topographer to His Majesty = Cartes generales de l'Amerique Septentrionale : en les quelles font exprimés les nouvelles routes, forts, battailles, &c. d'aprés les observations qui ou eté faites depuis, l'an 1754, jusqua l'an 1761 / recuellies par feu Jean Rocque, topographe de sa sa Majesté brittanique, &c.

Imprint

[London] : Published according to Act by M. A. Rocque in the Strand & A. Dury in Dukes Court, St. Martins Lane, [1761?]

Cartographic Data

Scale [ca. 1:9,500,000].

Indexed In:

Phillips. Maps of America, p. 579

LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 88

Language

Title in English and French.

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Added Author

Rocque, M. A.

Dury, Andrew.

Ford Collection.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 01-5326

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