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Bowles's New One-Sheet Map of North America, divided into its Provinces, Colonies, States, &c. by J. Palairet, Geographer lately revised and improved with many additions, from D'Anville, Mitchel, & Bellin, by L. Delarochette

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Title: Bowles's New One-Sheet Map of North America, divided into its Provinces, Colonies, States, &c. by J. Palairet, Geographer lately revised and improved with many additions, from D'Anville, Mitchel, & Bellin, by L. Delarochette
Creator: Palairet, Jean, 1697-1774, creator
Delarochette, L. (Louis), 1731-1802, cartographer
Contributor: Bowles & Carver, publisher
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1792
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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 shows the coast reaching north of Queen Charlotte's Islands." Vancouver Island not shown. Text block lower right: The Continent and Islands of N. America are divided and possessed as follows, viz. Shows divisions by Britain, United States, France, Spain, Dutch, and Denmark. East and West Florida, New Orleans, Louisiana listed as belonging to Spain. Note half way up Baja California: Isthmus cover'd in the Spring tides w.ch made it imagined that California was an Island. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Paces, leagues, miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Table. Verso Text: MS note: No. 7.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map hand col. 48 x 58 cm., sheet 52 x 64 cm.
Identifier: 093:007 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/9860
Language: English
Subject: North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period: 1797, ca
Place: North America North America
W 135°
W 17°/N 70°
N 3°
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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