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North America performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood by the Sieur d'Anville

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Title
North America performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood by the Sieur d'Anville
Names
John and Paul Knapton (Firm) (Publisher)
Seale, Richard William (Engraver)
Bolton, Solomon, -approximately 1768 (Cartographer)
Postlethwayt, Malachy, 1707?-1767 (Author)
Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773 (Artist)
Walker, Anthony, 1726-1765 (Engraver)
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782 (Associated name)
Collection

Maps of North America

Whole

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1752
Place: [London]
Publisher: Printed for John and Paul Knapton,
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 00-348
Topics
North America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: "Mr. Postlethwayt's Dictionary of commerce."
Citation/reference: LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 13
Content: Shows provinces, cities and towns, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory.
Content: Copy in Map Div. 00-348: Mercator Society Fund.
Content: Includes historical and descriptive notes, and an inset chart of Baffin Bay and Hudson Bay.
Content: Mercator Society Fund.
Content: Prime meridian: Ferro.
Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Content: "N.B. This large map of North America was originally engrav'd at Paris, ..."
Content: Also shows shoals, banks, and other navigational hazards off the coast of Nova Scotia and in the Caribbean area.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Statement of responsibility: greatly improved by Mr. Bolton ; engrav,d by R. W. Seale ; Gravelot, delin. ; Walker, sculp.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 82 x 83 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 5406800
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14870340
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 67638440-c52a-012f-8068-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1752: Issued
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "North America performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood by the Sieur d'Anville" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1752. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ef9a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "North America performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood by the Sieur d'Anville" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ef9a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1752). North America performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood by the Sieur d'Anville Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ef9a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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North America performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood by the Sieur d'Anville