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Title
Extract from a map of the British and French dominions in North America / by Jno. Mitchell
Creator
Stone, W. J., engraver
Date Created and/or Issued
1785
1786
1787
1788
1789
1790
1791
1792
1793
1794
1795
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." This is a copy of a portion of Pownall's map drawn later by Stone. For a similar map with slight variations, see RB ephMPME0002. Prime meridian: GM or London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 map 34 x 34 cm., sheet 43 x 35 cm.
Identifier
ephMPME0004
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/6965
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 63°/N 50°
N 43°
Source
Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Relation
ephMPME0002

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