Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Content: Prime Meridian: London.
Content: Map of Florida divided into west and east along the Appalachicola River. The west Florida portion of the map extends west to the Mississippi River. Similar to Prockter's 1760 version, but the map does not extend as far north into Georgia.
Content: Title in decorative square vine motif cartouche. Compass rose and scale bar to the right of cartouche.
Content: On top margin: For the London Magazine.
Language: Placenames in English and Spanish.
Publications: Appears in London Magazine, v. 34, March 1765.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map ; 17 x 21 cm, on sheet 21 x 26 cm
NYPL Map Div. copy is pasted on sheet 31 x 36 cm

Languages

English
Spanish, Castilian

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 8642619
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20644499
Folder number: US052.2.06
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5d0828f0-ebe1-0134-6286-7bed633e38b3

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1765

Cite this item

MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A new and accurate map of east and west Florida, drawn from the best authorities" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1765. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5d0828f0-ebe1-0134-6286-7bed633e38b3

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1765). A new and accurate map of east and west Florida, drawn from the best authorities Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5d0828f0-ebe1-0134-6286-7bed633e38b3

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A new and accurate map of east and west Florida, drawn from the best authorities" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5d0828f0-ebe1-0134-6286-7bed633e38b3

Wikipedia citation

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