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Map Bowles's new and accurate map of North America and the West Indies, exhibiting the extent and boundaries of the United States, the British dominions, and territories possessed in that quarter by the Spaniards, the French, and other European powers. The whole compiled and laid down from the best authorities, regulated and divided according to the Preliminary Articles of Peace signed at Versailles 20th. Jany. 1783.

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Title

  • Bowles's new and accurate map of North America and the West Indies, exhibiting the extent and boundaries of the United States, the British dominions, and territories possessed in that quarter by the Spaniards, the French, and other European powers. The whole compiled and laid down from the best authorities, regulated and divided according to the Preliminary Articles of Peace signed at Versailles 20th. Jany. 1783.

Names

  • Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793.

Created / Published

  • London, 1784.

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:5,400,000.
  • -  Hand colored.
  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Prime meridian: London and Ferro.
  • -  Includes inset "Environs of Baffin's and Hudson's bays being a supplement to the map of North America" and chart showing areas possessed by the various countries.
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 101
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2

Medium

  • col. map 101 x 115 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3300 1783 .B61

Repository

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

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 74693117

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Bowles, Carington. Bowles's new and accurate map of North America and the West Indies, exhibiting the extent and boundaries of the United States, the British dominions, and territories possessed in that quarter by the Spaniards, the French, and other European powers. The whole compiled and laid down from the best authorities, regulated and divided according to the Preliminary Articles of Peace signed at Versailles 20th. Jany. London, 1784. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/74693117/.

APA citation style:

Bowles, C. (1784) Bowles's new and accurate map of North America and the West Indies, exhibiting the extent and boundaries of the United States, the British dominions, and territories possessed in that quarter by the Spaniards, the French, and other European powers. The whole compiled and laid down from the best authorities, regulated and divided according to the Preliminary Articles of Peace signed at Versailles 20th. Jany. London. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/74693117/.

MLA citation style:

Bowles, Carington. Bowles's new and accurate map of North America and the West Indies, exhibiting the extent and boundaries of the United States, the British dominions, and territories possessed in that quarter by the Spaniards, the French, and other European powers. The whole compiled and laid down from the best authorities, regulated and divided according to the Preliminary Articles of Peace signed at Versailles 20th. Jany. London, 1784. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/74693117/>.