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A New Map of the Whole Continent of America, divided into North and South and West Indies. with a Descriptive Account of the European Possessions, as settled by the Definitive Treaty of Peace, Concluded at Paris Feby. 10th. 1763

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Title: A New Map of the Whole Continent of America, divided into North and South and West Indies. with a Descriptive Account of the European Possessions, as settled by the Definitive Treaty of Peace, Concluded at Paris Feby. 10th. 1763
Contributor: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Bennett, John
Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792
Date Created and/or Issued: 1777-02-15
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Kashnor notes, "This was probably the last map issued in England previous to Cook's Discoveries. It gives practically a true coast-line to San Jaun de Fuca's Strait, with the entrance to the supposed River of the West. A good western map, showing the Illinois country and New Mexico." Insert map of Baffin's and Hudson's Bays. For a later version (1794) see 105:269M and also 093:218M (1786), also 105:445 for a variation. Cartouche w. alligator. Table delineating possessions of European nations. Text of Articles 4 through 9, 17, 18 and 20 of Treaty of 1763. Submap: The Supplement to North America containing the countries adjoining Baffins & Hudsons Bays.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: IV RG Crowned fleur di lis. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheSub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 28 29 199.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map ; outline col. ; 52 x 120 cm., sheet 54 x 122 cm.
Identifier: 093:199 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/147
Language: English
Subject: America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period: 1777
Place: World
Western Hemisphere
(W160°--E15°/ N62°--S60°).
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, April, 1924.

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