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A map of the whole continent of America: divided into North and South and West Indies with a copius table fully shewing the several possessions of each European prince & state, as settled by the definitive treaty concluded at Paris Feby. 10th 1763 the clauses of which relative thereto are inserted

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Title

A map of the whole continent of America: divided into North and South and West Indies with a copius table fully shewing the several possessions of each European prince & state, as settled by the definitive treaty concluded at Paris Feby. 10th 1763 the clauses of which relative thereto are inserted

Collection

Maps of North and South America
Whole

Names

Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d, 1697-1782, 1697-1782 (Cartographer)
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794 (Publisher)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1772
Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs, 1st April 1772, by Robt. Sayer, map & printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 15-5013

Subjects

America

Genres

Maps

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: compiled from Mr. D'Anvilles maps of that continent, 1772.
Content: Scale [ca. 1:12,800,000] (W 162°--E 18°/N 80°--S 57°)
Content: Prime meridian: Ferro. Longitude coordinates expressed here as measured from Greenwich.
Content: Includes text, chart of possessions, and inset "The supplement to North America containing the countries adjoining Baffins & Hudsons bays."
Additional Physical Form: Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 102 x 118 cm
Relief shown pictorially
NYPL accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 53581

Identifiers

Library of Congress Control Number: 74693198
RLIN/OCLC: 5402568
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20643231
Other local Identifier: NA002.2.02
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e831d570-f8cc-0132-c302-58d385a7bbd0

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1772

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A map of the whole continent of America: divided into North and South and West Indies with a copius table fully shewing the several possessions of each European prince & state, as settled by the definitive treaty concluded at Paris Feby. 10th 1763 the clauses of which relative thereto are inserted" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1772. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e831d570-f8cc-0132-c302-58d385a7bbd0

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1772). A map of the whole continent of America: divided into North and South and West Indies with a copius table fully shewing the several possessions of each European prince & state, as settled by the definitive treaty concluded at Paris Feby. 10th 1763 the clauses of which relative thereto are inserted Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e831d570-f8cc-0132-c302-58d385a7bbd0

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A map of the whole continent of America: divided into North and South and West Indies with a copius table fully shewing the several possessions of each European prince & state, as settled by the definitive treaty concluded at Paris Feby. 10th 1763 the clauses of which relative thereto are inserted" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e831d570-f8cc-0132-c302-58d385a7bbd0

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