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Title: Bowles's New One-Sheet Map of the United States of America: with the Territories belonging to Great Britain and Spain
Creator: Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, cartographer
Contributor: Bowles & Carver, publisher
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 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: Kashnor notes, "Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota of today were all comprised in the Western Territory, which is shown reaching to the Lake of the Woods, Chicago is located, and the State of Indiana is shown to be about 60 miles long and broad, situated below Ohio." Kashnor dates as ca. 1798. McCorkle dates as 1795. Cartouche: two maidens. . Prime meridian: London, Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: McCorkle 791.1, 768.1(original). Verso Text: MS note: 513.
Extent: 1 map ; hand col. ; 47 x 51 cm., sheet 52 x 62 cm.
Identifier: 093:513 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/9970
Language: English
Time Period: 1795
Place: North America
United States
Canada
W 92°
W 57°/N 55°
N 28°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, April, 1924.

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