Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Content: Shows boundaries, cities and towns, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory, and "Earl Granville's Property."
Citation/Reference: LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 5
Content: "The French Incroachments are shewn by Oblique strokes, and their Forts with two Strokes, the English Forts by a single Stroke."
Content: Covers the eastern half of North America from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico.
Content: Includes decorative cartouche, a brief historical note on the English claim to North America and the origins of several colonies.
Funding: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Prime meridian: London.
Statement Of Responsibility: J. Lodge, delin. et sculp.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map ; 27 x 38 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 5404727
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15379438
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8390cc70-c52a-012f-ade5-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1755

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A map of the British and French settlements in North America" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1755. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8390cc70-c52a-012f-ade5-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1755). A map of the British and French settlements in North America Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8390cc70-c52a-012f-ade5-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A map of the British and French settlements in North America" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8390cc70-c52a-012f-ade5-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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