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Title: A New Map of North America Shewing its Principal Divisions, Chief Cities, Townes, Rivers, Mountains &c
Creator: Wells, Edward, 1667-1727, cartographer
Burghers, M., engraver
Date Created and/or Issued: 1704
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
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Description: Kashnor notes, "Shows California as an island and locates New Albion of Sr. Francis Drake; also shows New Mexico, locating Santa Fe." McLaughlin identifies this as state 4 of this map, printed 1704 or later and gives appeared in information. See 105:268 Museum Bookstore Collection for another copy. This is the missing 093:197 from Museum Bookstore Collection. "Dedicated to His Highness William Duke of Glocester." "Delin. MBurg. sculpt. Univ. Oxon" Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: McLaughlin 142; Wagner 466; Tooley 69 (Plate 53); Leighly 116 (Plate XXII, State 4) . Verso Text: MS notes: 39 197 139314 Cat 93 197.
Extent: 1 map ; 37 x 49 cm., sheet 41 x 52 cm.
Identifier: 139314
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/10480
Language: English
Time Period: [1700]
Place: North America
W 150°
W 10°/N 72°
N 7°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library

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