New and Correct Map of the British Colonies in North America Comprehending Eastern Canada with the Province of Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and The Government of Newfoundland: with the Adjacent States of New England, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Contributor
Robert Laurie and James Whittle, publisher Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller Museum Book Store
Lays out boundaries of French fishing rights and shows old boundary of French territory of Quebec. See 105:308M for another copy. Kershaw lists a third state of this map with Laurie & Whittle as publishers, but dated 1st Jany. 1794, also gives appeared in information. Beaver surmounts cartouche.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: Kershaw 717; LC Phillips 6009; McCorkle 794.12. Verso Text: MS note: 247.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 map ; hand col. ; 48 x 66 cm., sheet 52 x 71 cm.
Canada--Maps--Early works to 1800 Northeastern States--Maps--Early works to 1800 Great Britain--Colonies--America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period
1794
Place
North America Canada Québec Anticosti Island New Brunswick Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland Prince Edward Island Gulf of Saint Lawrence United States Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island New York New Jersey Pennsylvania W 81° W 45°/N 54° N 39°
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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