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Extract from a map of the British and French dominions in North America / by Jno. Mitchell

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Title: Extract from a map of the British and French dominions in North America / by Jno. Mitchell
Creator: Mitchell, John, 1711-1768, cartographer
Stone, William James, 1798-1865, engraver
Contributor: Pownall, John, 1720-1795
Date Created and/or Issued: 1755-02-13
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: No old shelf mark. "This map was Undertaken with the Approbation and at the Request of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, and is chiefly composed from Draughts, Charts and Actual Surveys of different parts of His Majesties Colonies and Plantations in America; Great Part of which have been lately taken by their Lordship's Orders and transmitted to this Office by the Governors of the said Colonies and others. John Pownall, Secretary." A very small "Province of Main" with other imagined borders across the area. For a similar map with slight variations, see RB ephMPME0004. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map 34 x 34 cm., sheet 41 x 40 cm.
Identifier: ephMPME0002
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/6961
Language: English
Subject: Maine--Maps
Nova Scotia--Maps
Acadia--Maps
Northeast boundary of the United States--Maps
Time Period: 1755
Place: North America United States Maine Canada New Brunswick Nova Scotia
W 72°
W 62°/N 50°
N 43°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Relation: ephMPME0004

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