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Title: New Map of the British Empire in North America, Drawn from the latest Authorities
Creator: Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784, cartographer
Contributor: Millar, George Henry
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1770
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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, "Showing the coast south to Florida, and the territories north-west of Lake of the Woods and Louisiana. A scarce map issued during the Revolution." On distinctive blue-gray paper often used by Kitchin. Millar's Geography was rushed to print in 1775 at start of American Revolution. Tip of Florida shown in submap. Cartouche shows natives bowing to Britannia.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsCartouche. References: McCorkel 782.10. Verso Text: MS note: 116.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Extent: 1 map 34 x 38 cm., sheet 38 x 47 cm.
Identifier: 105:116 S
182503
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/712
Language: English
Subject: North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
British--America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period: ca. 1775
Place: North America United States Canada
W 95°
W 50°/N 55°
N 28°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, June 7, 1927.

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