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John Mitchell. “A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America with the Roads, Distances, Limits, and Extent of the Settlements.” 1755.
The Tracy W. McGregor Library of American History

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Title

John Mitchell. “A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America with the Roads, Distances, Limits, and Extent of the Settlements.” 1755.
The Tracy W. McGregor Library of American History
A map of the British and French dominions in North America, : with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements,/

Subject

British

Description

Scale ca. 1:2,000,000.
Third impression of 1st ed. In the imprint, Millar and Katharine are so spelled.
Relief shown pictorially.
Approbation signed by John Pownall, Feb. 13, 1755, on behalf of the Lord's Commissioners for Trade and Plantations.
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789,
McCorkle, B.B. New England,
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. Some sheets have been pasted together to form 4 pieces. Imperfect: Old repair to the Louisiana/Carolina sheet; paper torn across the upperl left corner of the upper left sheet, with a tear in the upper right corner of the lower right sheet. Tracy W. McGregor Library. American History Collection.
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Creator

Mitchell, John,1711-1768.
Kitchin, Thomas,d. 1784.
Millar, Andrew,1707-1768.
Pownall, John,1720-1795.

Publisher

[London] : Publish'd by the Author ... and sold by And: Millar, opposite Katharine Street in the Strand,

Date

1755.

Relation

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Language

eng

Type

cartographic

Identifier

As of 11/12/14, the quality of the fedora image is poor and the non-fedora image was used. The metadata was retained.

Coverage

England London.

Files

MitchellMap1755-LL-web.jpg

Citation

Mitchell, John,1711-1768. et al., “John Mitchell. “A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America with the Roads, Distances, Limits, and Extent of the Settlements.” 1755.
The Tracy W. McGregor Library of American History,” University of Virginia Library Online Exhibits, accessed November 25, 2024, https://explore.lib.virginia.edu/items/show/5707.