A new & correct map of the trading part of the West Indies: including the seat of war between Gr. Britain and Spain; likewise the British Empire in America, with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto; adorn'd with prospects of ye most considerable towns, ports, harbours &c. therein contained from the latest & best observations
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A new & correct map of the trading part of the West Indies: including the seat of war between Gr. Britain and Spain; likewise the British Empire in America, with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto; adorn'd with prospects of ye most considerable towns, ports, harbours &c. therein contained from the latest & best observations
Collection
Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases
Charts and maps
Names
Overton, Henry, active 1751-1764 (Bookseller)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1741
Place: London
Publisher: Printed for and sold by Henry Overton, at the White Horse without Newgate
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 97-6394 [LHS 708]
Subjects
Cities and towns -- Caribbean Area
North America
Genres
Notes
Content: "Dedicated to the Honble. Edward Vernon Esqr., Vice Admiral of the Blue and Commander in chief of all his Majs. ships in the West Indies, by H.O."
Content: Includes insets of the views of: Havana -- Panama -- Porto Rico -- Cartagena -- Porto Bello -- Boston -- New York -- Mexico -- Vera Cruz -- Chagre.
Content: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 708.
Funding: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 54 x 68 cm.
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Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 48663223
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15307939
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 62f998a0-c5d5-012f-0945-58d385a7bc34
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1741
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A new & correct map of the trading part of the West Indies: including the seat of war between Gr. Britain and Spain; likewise the British Empire in America, with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto; adorn'd with prospects of ye most considerable towns, ports, harbours &c. therein contained from the latest & best observations" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1741. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62f998a0-c5d5-012f-0945-58d385a7bc34
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1741). A new & correct map of the trading part of the West Indies: including the seat of war between Gr. Britain and Spain; likewise the British Empire in America, with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto; adorn'd with prospects of ye most considerable towns, ports, harbours &c. therein contained from the latest & best observations Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62f998a0-c5d5-012f-0945-58d385a7bc34
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A new & correct map of the trading part of the West Indies: including the seat of war between Gr. Britain and Spain; likewise the British Empire in America, with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto; adorn'd with prospects of ye most considerable towns, ports, harbours &c. therein contained from the latest & best observations" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62f998a0-c5d5-012f-0945-58d385a7bc34
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