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A map of the British and French dominions in North America: with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements, humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Halifax, and the other Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations

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A map of the British and French dominions in North America: with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements, humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Halifax, and the other Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations
Names
Mitchell, John, 1711-1768 (Cartographer)
Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784 (Engraver)
Jefferys & Faden (London, England) (Publisher)
Collection

Maps of North America

Parts

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1773 (Questionable)
Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Jefferys and Faden, geographers to the King at the corner of St. Martins Lane, Charin Cross
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-5338 [Filed with North America, 1755, as originally cataloged in NYPL Dictionary Catalog of the Map Division]
Topics
North America
France -- Colonies -- America
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America
North America
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: "Longitude west from London."
Content: First impression of 3d ed.
Content: Includes decorative cartouche.
Content: Includes text and inset: A new map of Hudson's Bay and Labrador from the late surveys of those coasts.
Funding: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Original imprint in lower margin: Published by the Author, Febry. 13th 1755, according to Act of Parliament.
Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Citation/reference: LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 41
Citation/reference: Ristow, W.W. A la carte, p. 109
Citation/reference: Stevens & Tree. Comparative cartography, 54d
Statement of responsibility: by their Lordships most obliged and very humble servant, Jno. Mitchell ; Tho. Kitchin, sculp.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map on 8 sheets ; 135 x 192 cm, sheets 77 x 56 cm, or smaller
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 5402527
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15144213
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8cf7ec40-c52a-012f-5ef9-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1711: Creator Born
  • 1768: Creator Died
  • 1773: Issued
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A map of the British and French dominions in North America" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1773. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ee89-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A map of the British and French dominions in North America" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ee89-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1773). A map of the British and French dominions in North America Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ee89-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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A map of the British and French dominions in North America