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Map Bowles's new pocket map of North America, divided into it's provinces, colonies, states, &c.

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Title

  • Bowles's new pocket map of North America, divided into it's provinces, colonies, states, &c.

Names

  • Palairet, Jean, 1697-1774.
  • Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793.

Created / Published

  • London, Printed for the proprietor Carington Bowles, 1784.

Headings

  • -  North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  North America

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:16,250,000.
  • -  Hand colored.
  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Prime meridian: Ferro I.
  • -  LC copy annotated in black ink.
  • -  Includes chart showing possessions by Britain, United States, France, Spain, the Dutch, and Denmark.
  • -  "31." on verso.
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2

Medium

  • col. map 47 x 58 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3300 1784 .P3

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 74693115

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Palairet, Jean, and Carington Bowles. Bowles's new pocket map of North America, divided into it's provinces, colonies, states, &c. London, Printed for the proprietor Carington Bowles, 1784. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/74693115/.

APA citation style:

Palairet, J. & Bowles, C. (1784) Bowles's new pocket map of North America, divided into it's provinces, colonies, states, &c. London, Printed for the proprietor Carington Bowles. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/74693115/.

MLA citation style:

Palairet, Jean, and Carington Bowles. Bowles's new pocket map of North America, divided into it's provinces, colonies, states, &c. London, Printed for the proprietor Carington Bowles, 1784. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/74693115/>.