Map A map of the British and French settlements in North America

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Title
A map of the British and French settlements in North America
Contributor Names
Bowen, Thomas, -1790.
Created / Published
[London : s.n., 1755]
Contents
Pt. the first. Containing Canada, Nova scotia, Newfoundland, New England, part of New York, with the Lakes, Six Nations, and all the countries westward in the same parallels so far as discover'd; exhibiting the just boundaries, and the French encroachments: laid down from authentic surveys -- Pt. the second. Containing part of New York, Pensilvania, New Jersey, Mary Land, Virginia, North & South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, and all the countries westward in the same parellels so far as discovered, shewing the course of the Rivers Ohio, Missisipi &c. exhibiting the just boundaries & the French encroachments laid down from authentic surveys.
Subject Headings
-  North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
-  Great Britain--Colonies--America--Maps--Early works to 1800
-  France--Colonies--America--Maps--Early works to 1800
-  North America
Notes
-  Relief shown pictorially.
-  Shows boundaries, rivers, forests, principal settlements and notes.
-  Prime meridian: London.
-  Phillips. Maps of America, p. 574
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  Copy annotated in pencil: From Miscellaneous correspondence ... By Benjamin Martin, 1755-1756. London, 1759. vol. 1. p. 71; Ibid, vol. 1. p. 88
Medium
2 maps on 1 sheet : cloth backing ; each 19 x 49 cm., sheet 43 x 52 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
G3300 1755 .M3
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3300.ct000693
Library of Congress Control Number
2003623385
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https://lccn.loc.gov/2003623385
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