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Relief shown pictorially and by soundings..; Prime meridian: Paris.; Locates French (existing and abandoned), English and Spanish forts.; Watermark.; Probably issued with: Remarques sur la Carte de l'Amerique Septentrionale, comprise entre le 28e et le 72e dégré de latitude, avec une description geographique de ces parties / par M. Bellin.; This map is also in Jacques Nicolas Bellin, Hydrographie francaise, Paris, vol. 2 no. [15].
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772. (creator)
1755
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Reissue of Robert Morden's map of [1695] with changes to author, imprint, and replacement of British coat of arms with dedication to Herver.; Dedicated to: Herver Edgly Herver of Clapham.; Engraved by: I. Harris.
[publisher not identified] (publisher)
Senex, John, -1740. (creator)
Harris, I., -1739.; Morden, Robert, approximately 1650-1703. (contributor)
1719
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Relief shown pictorially.; Prime meridians: London and Ferro.; European possessions and disputed lands shown by color key.
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Rocque, John, -1762. (creator)
Palairet, Jean, 1697-1774.; Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784. (contributor)
1759
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"Printed... as the Act directs, 10 June, 1786".; Relief shown pictorially.; Prime meridians: Ferro and Greenwich.; Inset table at upper left lists the thirteen states and the British provinces.; Color key shows United States, British, French and Spanish possessions.; Decorative title cartouche depicts trees and cargo bales.; 40 in lower right margin.
Dunn, Samuel, -1794, (creator)
Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780,; Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794. (contributor)
1786
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Relief shown pictorially.; Index map to Popple's larger, 20 sheet map of the same name.; Includes 4 inset views, 18 inset maps, ill., and note.; Fold-lined. Annotations in pencil in lower margin.
Sold by the proprietors S. Harding on the pavement in St. Martins Lane and W.H. Toms engraver in Union Court near Hatton Garden, Holborn (publisher)
Popple, Henry, -1743. (creator)
Harding, Samuel, -1755.; Toms, W. H. (William Henry), approximately 1700-approximately 1750. (contributor)
[1733?]
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Note on map and original catalog card references General Magazine of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 1, 1755, but no map was found in that item.; Date taken from Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789.; Relief shown pictorially.; Prime meridian: London.; Shows provinces, towns and cities, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory, missions, trails, some industries, and vegetation. Includes numerous historical and descriptive notes.
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Bowen, Thomas, d. 1790. (creator)
1759
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Shows the East coast from Labrador to northern Florida, and the interior as far west as the Mississippi Valley.; Relief shown pictorially.; Graphic scales: [2 1/16 in. or 5.3 cm. equal] 60 English marine leagues, 20 to a degree [or, 2 3/4 in. or 7 cm. equal] 280 English miles, 69 1/2 to a degree.; Prime meridians: Ferro and London.; Coordinates printed on map; Ferro at top (W75°--W35°); Greenwich, at bottom (W87°35'--W62°35' [i.e. W92°35'--W52°35' at top)/N50°--N30°.; Text in lower right corner cuts lower part of map off at Florida coast, i.e. at W78° (Ferro W60°).; 16 sections mounted on linen.; Hand-colored.; Includes texts: French incroachments [2 col.] -- English title to their settlements on the continent [3 col.].
Published ... by Thos. Jefferys, Geographer ... near Charing Cross (publisher)
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771. (creator)
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782. (contributor)
1755
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Multiple scales.; Claim to ownership indicated by colors..; Third state of the map, indicated by the omission of Palairet's name from the title cartouche; "Longitude occidentale de l'île de Fer. Longitude occidentale de Londres"; Cartouche surrounds title statement.; Publication statement in lower margin.; From an edition of A concise description of the English and French possessions in North-America....
Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784. (creator)
Palairet, Jean, 1697-1774. (contributor)
1755
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Relief shown pictorially.; Includes text.; Prime meridian: Ferro.; Watermark.
[Chez Mondhare et Jean] (publisher)
Clouet, J. B. L. (Jean-Baptiste Louis), 1730- (creator)
[1787]
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Prime meridian:[Ferro].; Engraved by: C. Simonneau.; Below neat line at right: Ph. Buache ... avec privilege du roi.; Below cartouche: Avec privilege du roi, 1783.; Reissue of original L'Isle plate of 1703 with Buache and Dezauche imprint, change of title, and other alterations, including boundaries of United States.; Color key added at bottom to identify boundaries of respective nations or their colonies.
Dezauche, rue des Noyers (publisher)
L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726. (creator)
Simonneau, Charles, 1645-1728.; Buache, Philippe, 1700-1773.; Dezauche, Jean Claude, active 1770-1824. (contributor)
1783
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