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A new map of the whole continent of America : divided into North and South and West Indies wherein are exactly described the United States of North America as well as the several European possessions according to the preliminaries of peace signed at Versailles Jan. 20, 1783

Title
A new map of the whole continent of America : divided into North and South and West Indies wherein are exactly described the United States of North America as well as the several European possessions according to the preliminaries of peace signed at Versailles Jan. 20, 1783 / compiled from Mr. D'Anville's maps of that continent, with the addition of the Spanish discoveries in 1775 to the north of California & corrected in the several parts belonging to Great Britain from the original materials of Governor Pownall, M.P.
Author
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794.
Publication
London : Printed for Robt. Sayer, map, chart & printseller, No. 53, Fleet Street ..., 15th August 1786.

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CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 02-505Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors
  • Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782.
  • Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805.
  • Kitchin, Thomas, 1719-1784.
Description
1 map on 2 sheets : hand col.; 103 x 118 cm., sheets 54 x 124 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Subject
Note
  • Relief shown pictorially.
  • Prime meridian: Ferro Island.
  • Appears in Thomas Kitchin's A general atlas describing the whole universe. [1793]
  • Includes inset "The supplement to North America containing the countries adjoining to Baffins & Hudsons bays," tables showing European possessions, and decorative cartouche.
Call Number
Map Div. 02-505
LCCN
74693287
OCLC
5402716
Author
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794.
Title
A new map of the whole continent of America : divided into North and South and West Indies wherein are exactly described the United States of North America as well as the several European possessions according to the preliminaries of peace signed at Versailles Jan. 20, 1783 / compiled from Mr. D'Anville's maps of that continent, with the addition of the Spanish discoveries in 1775 to the north of California & corrected in the several parts belonging to Great Britain from the original materials of Governor Pownall, M.P.
Imprint
London : Printed for Robt. Sayer, map, chart & printseller, No. 53, Fleet Street ..., 15th August 1786.
Cartographic Data
Scale [ca. 1:13,000,000].
Added Author
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782.
Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805.
Kitchin, Thomas, 1719-1784. General atlas describing the whole universe.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 02-505
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