Content: Differs from similar map. Jefferys' name within cartouche.
Content: Includes decorative cartouche.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Prime meridian: London.
Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Content: Shows colonies, a few cities and towns, Indian tribal territory, and "Degs. west from London."
Citation/Reference: LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 4
Citation/Reference: NYPL. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, I, p. 242
Statement Of Responsibility: T. Jefferys, sculp.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map ; 19 x 22 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 5400789
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15414058
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6d99a190-c52a-012f-0fbf-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1770

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "North America" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1770. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6d99a190-c52a-012f-0fbf-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1770). North America Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6d99a190-c52a-012f-0fbf-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "North America" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6d99a190-c52a-012f-0fbf-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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