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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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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | Supervised use | Map Div. 02-505 | Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117 |
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- 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