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A new map of the most considerable plantations of the English in America

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Title

A new map of the most considerable plantations of the English in America

Collection

Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases
Charts and maps

Names

Nicholls, Sutton (Engraver)
Wells, Edward, 1667-1727 (Cartographer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1700 (Questionable)
Place: London
Publisher: Edward Wells

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 97-6362 [LHS 501]

Subjects

Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
North America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800

Genres

Maps

Notes

Content: "Dedicated to His Highness William Duke of Glocester."
Content: Appears in Edward Wells' A new sett of maps, 1700, and later eds.
Content: Includes decorative cartouche and coat of arms.
Content: Insets: New Scotland -- I. of Jamaica -- I. of Barbados -- Bermudaz or Sommers Isles -- Carolina.
Content: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 500 ; 501.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: NYPL copy in Map Div. 97-6362 hand col. with outline color.
Citation/Reference: Phillips, 531 [et al.]
Statement Of Responsibility: Sutton Nicholls, sculp.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map ; 34 x 46 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 5481895
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13505512
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 349b0cc0-c5d5-012f-8d49-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1700

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A new map of the most considerable plantations of the English in America" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1700. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/349b0cc0-c5d5-012f-8d49-58d385a7bc34

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1700). A new map of the most considerable plantations of the English in America Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/349b0cc0-c5d5-012f-8d49-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A new map of the most considerable plantations of the English in America" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/349b0cc0-c5d5-012f-8d49-58d385a7bc34

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