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Map of America

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434545


Item data

Title

Map of America

Collection

Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases
Charts and maps

Names

W. & G. Cooke (Engraver)
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823 (Cartographer)
West, W. (Engraver)
Wilson, H. (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1804-09-04
Place: London
Publisher: Published ... by A. Arrowsmith, No. 24 Rathbone Place,

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 97-6437 [LHS 783]

Subjects

America -- Maps

Genres

Maps

Notes

Content: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 783.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Ornate title cartouche with American plants and animals, engraved by W. & G. Cooke.
Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Statement Of Responsibility: by A. Arrowsmith, 1804 ; W. & G. Cooke sculpt. ; engraved by W. West, the hills by H. Wilson.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map on 4 sheets : hand col. ; 118 x 141 cm., sheets 63 x 74 m.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 43161239
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15315084
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 78a0da60-c5d5-012f-5655-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1804-09-04

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of America" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1804. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/78a0da60-c5d5-012f-5655-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1804). Map of America Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/78a0da60-c5d5-012f-5655-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of America" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/78a0da60-c5d5-012f-5655-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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