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Title
A New Map of the Whole Continent of America, divided into North and South and West Indies
Contributor
Robert Laurie and James Whittle
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguinon, 1697-1782
Pownall, Thomas 1722-1805
Date Created and/or Issued
1794-05-12
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Maps
Rights Information
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Description
This map is a later version of the Sayer & Bennett map of 1777, see 093:199M, also 093:218M for 1786 version. Insert map of Baffin's and Hudson's Bays. This map now shows Vancouver Island and corrects the River of the West, adding more exact information about the Pacific Northwest. The provisions of the 1763 Versailles treaty are removed, and instead the "Preliminaries of Peace signed at Versailles Jan 20,1783" are noted. Maine's border revised. Kashnor notes, "One of the earliest maps to show the discoveries of Vancouver, locating the island bearing his name, and the Columbia River. Shows Nootka Sound. The map was issued at a time when the troubles over the Nootka question had lately been settled." This map duplicates 105:269. Cartouche w. alligator. Table delineating possessions of European nations now revised to include United States information Sub-map: The Supplement to North America containing the countries adjoining Baffins & Hudsons Bays. "Compiled from Mr. D'Anville's Maps of that Continent, with the addition of the Spanish Discoveries in 1775 to the North of California & corrected in the Several Parts belonging to Great Britain, from the Original Materials of Governor Pownall, M.P." Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 35 36 50 150262.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 map ; hand col. ; 52 x 120 cm., sheet 54 x 122 cm.
Identifier
150262
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/1896
Language
English
Subject
America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period
1794
Place
World
Western Hemisphere
W 160°
E 15°/N 62°
S60°
Source
Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library

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