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A map of the British and French dominions in North America, with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements
Descriptive Summary | |
| Title: A map of the British and French dominions in North America, with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements | |
| Creator: Mitchell, John, 1711-1768 | |
| Inclusive Dates: circa 1755-1761 | |
| Language(s): English | |
| Extent: 1 item(s) | |
| Extent: 1 map : color ; 136 x 190 cm., on 4 sheets each 68 x 95 cm. | |
| Collection Number: hmap1755m5 | |
| Repository: Hargrett Map Collection | |
Collection Description
Scope and Content
"This map was undertaken with the Approbation and at the request of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations...John Pownall, Secretary. Plantation Office Feby. 13th, 1755"; Insets: 1) A new map of Hudson's Bay and Labrador; 2) Plan de la ville de Quebec; 3) Plan du port et ville de Louisbourg, dans l'Isle Royal; 4) Plan of the town of Halifax in Nova Scotia. (Insets have various scales); Title from cartouche, lower right; Key to symbols; Generous notes on face of map; From: Covens, J. and Mortier, C. Atlas nouveau contenant toutes les parties du monde...Vol. IX, nos. 47-50; DeRenne, 1204; Phillips, Atlases, no. 3448; Publication: Amsterdam : Printed for I. Covens and C. Mortier
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Preferred Citation note
A map of the British and French dominions in North America, with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements, hmap1755m5, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.