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A Map of the British and French Settlements in North America



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  • Map of the British Empire in America With the French, Spanish and the Dutch Settlements adjacent thereto by Henry Popple

    Map of the British Empire in America With the French, Spanish and the Dutch Settlements adjacent thereto by Henry Popple

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    Kashnor notes, "Copied from Popple's map With the titles in English and French. ShoWs Carolina divided into counites, With Georgia and the Forts neWly erected, and Savannah." Kashnor dates as ca. 1740, RLIN record suggests 1755. Cartouche of Indians, traders. MS note: No. 10. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: McCorkle [741.2]. Verso Text: MS note: 326.

    105:326 M

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    Map of North America With the European Settlements & whatever else is remarkable in the West Indies, from the latest and best Observations

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    Kashnor notes, "Copied from an old map, and still showing California as an island and La Hontan's River Longue. Locates Po. Sir Francis Drake, M. Nevada, and Mt. St. Martin." RLIN record gives printing location and appeared in information. Kashnor dates ca. 1740, RLIN record suggests [1745?], McLaughlin lists [1745]. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Conic. Watermark: Fleur-di-lis. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: McLaughlin 228; Wheat 124,202; Tooley 97; Leighly 173 (Plate XXIII). Verso Text: MS notes: 105 #241.

    105:241 S

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    A map of the British and French settlements in North America

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    Kashnor notes, "Locates all the French forts in the Ohio and Louisiana territories. A scarce map, issued as a supplement to a magazine during the Old French War." Variant of 105:662. RLIN record gives date and appeared in information. Shows separate North and South parts of South Carolina. Submap: Fort Frederick at Crown Point built by the French in 1731. [Lake Champlain]. MS note: 297 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: no. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Crowned GR Lion rampant in seal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 297 (on backing).

    093:297 S

  • A new and accurate map of the province of Georgia in North America

    A new and accurate map of the province of Georgia in North America

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    Kashnor notes," An old map published about 1775, shewing the roads and Indian paths." Kashnor dates c.1775. Duplicate map to 093:094S, 093:391. RLIN record notes date as [1779?] and place of publication as [London?] and as appearing in The Universal Magazine of 1779. MS note: 103 (on backing). Prime meridian: [Ferro]. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Crowned circular seal. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

    105:103 S

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    North America

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    Kashnor shows author as [N. Salmon, 1753] and notes engraved by J. Gibson. RLIN record suggests printing date as late as 1780. MS note: 342 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: VI. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

    105:342 S

  • General Map of North America from the Latest Observations

    General Map of North America from the Latest Observations

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    Kashnor gives date as [1776] RLIN record suggests 1778. Map includes distance chart between 29 American and Canadian cities. Bounds of Hudsons Bay [Co.] shown by Treaty of Utrecht. MS note: 102 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 1776.

    105:102 S