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A map of the British and French dominions in North America : with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements /

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Title

A map of the British and French dominions in North America : with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements /

Description

First Dutch ed.
Relief shown pictorially.
Covens and Mortier published two undated editions of this map between 1755 and 1761.
Insets on lower right sheet: Plan de la Ville de Quebec -- Plan du Port et Ville de Louisbourg, dans L'Isle Royale -- Plan of the Town of Halifax in Nova Scotia.
Inset on upper left sheet: A new map of Hudson's Bay and Labrador...
Approbation statement on lower right sheet is signed by John Pownall, Secretary of the Lord's Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, and dated Feb. 13th, 1755.
McCorkle, B.B. New England,
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. Area Table 7 1755 Mitchell (b). Sheets have been pasted together to form 4 sheets, 68 x 96 cm. Tracy W. McGregor Library, American History Collection.
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Creator

Mitchell, John,1711-1768.
Cóvens, Jean.
Mortier, Corneille.
Pownall, John,1720-1795.
Cóvens et Mortier.

Publisher

at Amsterdam : Printed for I. Covens and C. Mortier,

Date

[ca. 1755]

Language

eng

Type

cartographic

Coverage

Netherlands Amsterdam.

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Citation

Mitchell, John,1711-1768. et al., “A map of the British and French dominions in North America : with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements /,” University of Virginia Library Online Exhibits, accessed December 10, 2024, https://explore.lib.virginia.edu/items/show/2428.