Skip to content

OPEN TODAY: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.

Tickets

Rare Books

A New Map of North America : Wherein the British Dominions in the Continent of North America, and on the Islands of the West Indies, are carefully laid down from all the Surveys, hitherto made, and the most accurate Accounts and Maps lately Publish'd. Also the French Encroachments on the English Provinces particularly described



You might also be interested in

  • Image not available

    A New Map of the Whole Continent of America, divided into North and South and West Indies

    Rare Books

    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).

    150261

  • Image not available

    Map of North America and The West Indies by L. S. de la Rochette

    Visual Materials

    Kashnor notes, "One of the last maps issued showing the Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin country as part of Canada and the old colonies." Submap: Supplement for Hudsons and Baffins Bays.. Prime meridian: London, Ferro. Relief: pictorial & hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Crowned fleur-di-lis over LVC. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: West Indies 14 13 12 North America 10 11 520.

    093:520 M

  • Image not available

    A New and Correct Map of North America with the West India Islands, divided According to the Last Treaty of Peace concluded at Paris 10th Feby.1763, wherein are particularly Distinguished The Several Provinces and Colonies which compose the British Empire, Laid down according to the latest Surveys, and Corrected from the Original Materials, of Govrnr. Pownall, Membr. of Parliamt. 1777

    Visual Materials

    Insert maps of Baffin's and Hudson's Bays, copy of Kino's map. For a later version (1794) see 105:269M and also 093:218M (1786) and 093:199 a variation. Cartouche w. alligator. Text of Articles 4 through 9, 17, 18 and 20 of Treaty of 1763. Submap: A Particular Map of Baffin & Hudson's Bay. A Passage by Land to California.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: WF RG Crowned fleur di lis. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheSub-maps. Verso Text: 30 MS notes: 445 Pownall N. America .

    105:445 M

  • Image not available

    A New Map of the Whole Continent of America, divided into North and South and West Indies

    Rare Books

    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.

    150262

  • Image not available

    A New Map of the Whole Continent of America, divided into North and South and West Indies. wherein are exactly described the United States of North America as well as the Several European Possessions, according to the Preliminaries of Peace signed at Versailles Jan. 20. 1783

    Visual Materials

    Kashnor notes, "A re-issue of the Sayer & Bennett map. Shows the location of the River de las Tortolas, the supposed exit of the River of the West, and Sir Francis Drake's Harbour. North of this is located George's Sound, where Cook repaired in 1778, and the country to the north is called Fou Sang, of the Chinese." This map is a later version of the Sayer & Bennett map of 1777, see 093:199M, also 105:269M for a later 1794 version. Insert map of Baffin's and Hudson's Bays. Cartouche w. alligator. Table delineating possessions of European nations now revised to include United States information Submap: The Supplement to North America containing the countries adjoining Baffins & Hudsons Bays.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: IV RG Crowned fleur di lis. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheSub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 218 2 sheets 44 43.

    093:218 M

  • Image not available

    Map of North America; published under the Patronage of the Duke of Orleans by D'Anville. Drawn and Engraved for J. Harrison, No. 115, Newgate Street, January 1 1791

    Visual Materials

    Kashnor notes, "Shows north-west to Lake of the Woods, with a good outline of the Illinois country, locating the Aiaouez (Iowa) village on the river of the same name, a tributary of the Missouri, located in about the present position of Sioux City." Submap of Hudson's and Baffin Bays.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues, miles. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 419.

    093:419 M