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North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville: improved with the back settlements of Virginia and course of Ohio : illustrated with geographical and historical remarks

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Title
North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville: improved with the back settlements of Virginia and course of Ohio : illustrated with geographical and historical remarks
Names
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d, 1697-1782, 1697-1782 (Cartographer)
Baldwin, Richard, 1724-1770 (Associated name)
Douglass, William, ca. 1700-1752 (Cartographer)
Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771 (Publisher)
Collection

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

Atlases

A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North-America

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1755
Place: London
Publisher: re-printed for R. Baldwin
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 97-6220 (Vol. 1, map facing t.p.) [In LHS 3019]
Topics
Smallpox
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
North America
France -- Colonies
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Copy in Map Div. 97-6220: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection.
Funding: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Citation/reference: Sabin, 20727
Citation/reference: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 469.
Statement of responsibility: "May 1755 published according to Act by Thos. Jefferys, geographer to His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales near Charing Cross".
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 46 x 49 cm. folded to 20 x 12 cm.
Description
Covers the east coast from Labrador to northern Florida, and the interior as far west as the Mississippi Valley. Includes decorative cartouche and texts: French incroachments -- English title to their settlements on the continent. Prime meridians: Ferro and London. Relief shown pictorially.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 2000629
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14131220
RLIN/OCLC: 49320865
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15362009
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 396623f0-c5d4-012f-a04d-58d385a7bc34
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

  • 1697: Creator Born
  • 1755: Issued
  • 1782: Creator Died
  • 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 from the French of Mr. D'Anville" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1755. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-f2b5-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-f2b5-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1755). North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-f2b5-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville