Research Catalog

A map of East and West Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana : with the islands of Cuba, Bahama, and the countries surrounding the Gulf of Mexico, with the tract of the Spanish galleons, and of our fleets thro' the Straits of Florida, from the best authorities

Title
A map of East and West Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana : with the islands of Cuba, Bahama, and the countries surrounding the Gulf of Mexico, with the tract of the Spanish galleons, and of our fleets thro' the Straits of Florida, from the best authorities / Jn. Lodge, sculp.
Author
Lodge, John, -1796
Publication
London : by J. Bew, Pater Noster Row, [1781?]

Available Online

NYPL Digital Collections

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request Appointment

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.

CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 15-5688Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117

Details

Additional Authors
Bew, John, -1793
Description
1 map; 27 x 37 cm, on sheet 32 x 39 cm
Uniform Title
Political magazine.
Alternative Title
  • East and West Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana
  • Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US052.2.02
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Early works.
  • Maps.
  • Early maps.
Note
  • Relief shown pictorially.
  • The map was prepared at the height of the American Revolution, at a time when the British still occupied East and West Florida, following the Spanish loss of the region at the end of the French & Indian War.
  • Shows both the route from St. Augustine to the western part of the Gulf and the course of the Spanish Galleons around the Yucatan to Cuba. Ship routes indicated by a dotted line.
  • Compass rose oriented slightly to the right.
  • Corrected copy, "Atlantic Ocean" was originally labeled as Pacific Ocean with state 1.
  • "London. Publish'd as the Act directs. May 31st, 1781 by J. Bew, Pater Noster Row".
  • First appeared in the Political magazine, May, 1781, v. 2.
Indexed In (note)
  • LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789
  • Jolly, David C. Maps in British periodicals
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Source of Description (note)
  • This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 "No Rights Reserved" license. The University of Florida Libraries, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.
Call Number
Map Div. 15-5688
OCLC
961922146
Author
Lodge, John, -1796, creator, engraver.
Title
A map of East and West Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana : with the islands of Cuba, Bahama, and the countries surrounding the Gulf of Mexico, with the tract of the Spanish galleons, and of our fleets thro' the Straits of Florida, from the best authorities / Jn. Lodge, sculp.
Publisher
London : by J. Bew, Pater Noster Row, [1781?]
Edition
[State 2]
Cartographic Data
Scale approximately 1:5,300,000 (W 81°45ʹ--W 60°00ʹ/N 32°00ʹ--N 20°00ʹ)
Type of Content
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Indexed In:
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1405
Jolly, David C. Maps in British periodicals, POL-27
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 4, page 52, column 3, no. 2
Source
US052.2.02
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Bew, John, -1793, publisher.
Added Title
Political magazine.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 15-5688
View in Legacy Catalog