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A journal of travels from New-Hampshire to Caratuck, on the continent of North-America
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This map is a later version of the Sayer & Bennett map of 1777, see 093:199M, also 093:218M for 1786 version, 105:269 for a duplicate. Insert map of Baffin's and Hudson's Bays. This map now shows Vancouver Island and corrects the River of the West, adding more exact information about the Pacific Northwest. The provisions of the 1763 Versailles treaty are removed, and instead the "Preliminaries of Peace signed at Versailles Jan 20,1783" are noted. Maine's border revised. See also 150262 (MBS 105:050). Cartouche w. alligator. Table delineating possessions of European nations now revised to include United States information Sub map: The Supplement to North America containing the countries adjoining Baffins & Hudsons Bays. "Compiled from Mr. D'Anville's Maps of that Continent, with the addition of the Spanish Discoveries in 1775 to the North of California & corrected in the Several Parts belonging to Great Britain, from the Original Materials of Governor Pownall, M.P." Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: IV RG Crowned fleur di lis. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 28 29 150261 (sheet 1 & 2).
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This map is a later version of the Sayer & Bennett map of 1777, see 093:199M, also 093:218M for 1786 version. Insert map of Baffin's and Hudson's Bays. This map now shows Vancouver Island and corrects the River of the West, adding more exact information about the Pacific Northwest. The provisions of the 1763 Versailles treaty are removed, and instead the "Preliminaries of Peace signed at Versailles Jan 20,1783" are noted. Maine's border revised. Kashnor notes, "One of the earliest maps to show the discoveries of Vancouver, locating the island bearing his name, and the Columbia River. Shows Nootka Sound. The map was issued at a time when the troubles over the Nootka question had lately been settled." This map duplicates 105:269. Cartouche w. alligator. Table delineating possessions of European nations now revised to include United States information Sub-map: The Supplement to North America containing the countries adjoining Baffins & Hudsons Bays. "Compiled from Mr. D'Anville's Maps of that Continent, with the addition of the Spanish Discoveries in 1775 to the North of California & corrected in the Several Parts belonging to Great Britain, from the Original Materials of Governor Pownall, M.P." Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 35 36 50 150262.
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