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Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, with the British, French, & Spanish settlements in North America and the West Indies: as also on the coast of Africa

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Title
Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, with the British, French, & Spanish settlements in North America and the West Indies: as also on the coast of Africa
Names
Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771 (Engraver)
Collection

Maps of the Oceans

Atlantic Ocean

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1762 - 1768 (Questionable)
Place: London
Publisher: Publish[e]d according to Act of Parliament by T. Jefferys, the corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross,
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 00-356 [Filed with Atlantic Ocean, 1756 to 1762?]
Topics
Atlantic Ocean
North America
North Atlantic Ocean
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: "Longitude w. from London" and "The meridian of Ferro."
Content: "Plate III. The dominions ceded by France & Spain to Great Britain in 1762 are coloured with a feint red."
Citation/reference: Appears in the author's General topography of North America and the West Indies. 1768.
Content: Includes tables of latitude and longitude of selected places with comparison to latitude and longitude on the maps of Bellin and D'Anville.
Funding: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Citation/reference: Phillips 1196
Citation/reference: Phillips. Maps of America, p. 127
Content: Accompanied by 2 leaves intended to be hinged to the margin as overlays to North America: Plate I. The claims of the French in 1756 are colored yellow -- Plate II. The French dominions as proposed by M. De Bussy in 1761 are coloured yellow and the lands proposed by M. De Bussy to be neutral are coloured green.
Statement of responsibility: by Thos. Jefferys, geographer to His Majesty.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 48 x 62 cm.
NYPL copy has Plate I and Plate II attached to Plate III.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 5405006
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14875066
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 676957e0-c6bf-012f-fcb4-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1762: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, with the British, French, & Spanish settlements in North America and the West Indies" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 21, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-eddd-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, with the British, French, & Spanish settlements in North America and the West Indies