A new and correct map of America : laid down according to the accurate improvements of Senex, Moll, and other modern geographers.
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Title
A new and correct map of America : laid down according to the accurate improvements of Senex, Moll, and other modern geographers.
Collection
Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases
Atlases
The history of the British plantations in America. With a chronological account of the most remarkable things, which happen'd to the first adventurers in their several discoveries of that new world. Part I. Containing The history of Virginia; with remarks on the trade and commerce of that colony ...
Names
Keith, William, Sir, 1680-1749 (Author)
Society for the Encouragement of Learning (Publisher)
Senex, John, -1740 (Cartographer)
Moll, Herman, -1732 (Cartographer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1738
Place: London
Publisher: Printed at the expence of the Society for the encouragement of learning, by S. Richardson ...
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 97-6221 (Map [1]) [In LHS 3027]
Subjects
West Indies, British
Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Cod fisheries -- Newfounland and Labrador
North America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Genres
Notes
Content: Copy 1: Ford Collection.
Content: Copy 1: With bookplate of Revd. S. Harper.
Content: Copy in Map Div. 97-6221: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection.
Content: Engr. vignette on t.-p. and on p. [188]
Content: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 3027.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Title vignette.
Ownership: 174532 Copy 1.
Ownership: Stuart 14093 (Lenox) Copy 2.
Citation/Reference: Sabin 37240 Copy 1
Content: "Humbly inscribed to His Royal Highness Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1738."
Content: Includes ill. of "A view of ... ye manner of fishing for, drying of cod at New England" and decorative cartouche.
Content: Insets: Port Royal Harbour -- Boston Harbour -- Georgia -- The North Pole.
Content: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 787.
Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map ; 54 x 46 cm. folded to 23 x 16 cm.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 1864700
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14449582
RLIN/OCLC: 49321321
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15362025
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7355eaf0-c5d4-012f-1982-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Date Issued
1738
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A new and correct map of America : laid down according to the accurate improvements of Senex, Moll, and other modern geographers." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1738. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7355eaf0-c5d4-012f-1982-58d385a7bc34
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1738). A new and correct map of America : laid down according to the accurate improvements of Senex, Moll, and other modern geographers. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7355eaf0-c5d4-012f-1982-58d385a7bc34
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A new and correct map of America : laid down according to the accurate improvements of Senex, Moll, and other modern geographers." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7355eaf0-c5d4-012f-1982-58d385a7bc34
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