A New map of North America with the West India Islands : divided according to the preliminary articles of peace, signed at Versailles, 20, Jan. 1783, wherein are particularly distinguished the United States, and the several provinces, governments &ca which compose the British Dominions,
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A New map of North America with the West India Islands : divided according to the preliminary articles of peace, signed at Versailles, 20, Jan. 1783, wherein are particularly distinguished the United States, and the several provinces, governments &ca which compose the British Dominions,
Collection
Names
Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805 (Cartographer)
Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm) (Bookseller)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1783-08-15
Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robt. Sayer and Jno. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs,
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-5307
Subjects
United States -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Canada -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
North America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Genres
Notes
Content: Includes decorative cartouche.
Citation/Reference: Wheat, C. I. Mapping Transmississippi West, I, no. 196
Content: Insets: A particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay -- The passage by land to California.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Prime meridians: Ferro and London.
Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Statement Of Responsibility: laid down according to the latest surveys and corrected from the original materials, of Goverr. Pownall, Membr. of Parliamt, 1783.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map on 4 sheets : hand col. ; 100 x 117 cm., sheets 50 x 59 cm.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 47792133
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15110622
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7259eac0-c52a-012f-3935-3c075448cc4b
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1783-08-15
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A New map of North America with the West India Islands : divided according to the preliminary articles of peace, signed at Versailles, 20, Jan. 1783, wherein are particularly distinguished the United States, and the several provinces, governments &ca which compose the British Dominions," The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1783. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7259eac0-c52a-012f-3935-3c075448cc4b
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1783). A New map of North America with the West India Islands : divided according to the preliminary articles of peace, signed at Versailles, 20, Jan. 1783, wherein are particularly distinguished the United States, and the several provinces, governments &ca which compose the British Dominions, Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7259eac0-c52a-012f-3935-3c075448cc4b
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A New map of North America with the West India Islands : divided according to the preliminary articles of peace, signed at Versailles, 20, Jan. 1783, wherein are particularly distinguished the United States, and the several provinces, governments &ca which compose the British Dominions," New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7259eac0-c52a-012f-3935-3c075448cc4b
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