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Map A new and accurate map of the English empire in North America: Representing their rightful claim as confirm'd by charters, and the formal surrender of their Indian friends; likewise the encroachments of the French, with the several forts they have unjustly erected therein.

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Title

  • A new and accurate map of the English empire in North America: Representing their rightful claim as confirm'd by charters, and the formal surrender of their Indian friends; likewise the encroachments of the French, with the several forts they have unjustly erected therein.

Names

  • Herbert, William, 1718-1795.
  • Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794.
  • Society of Anti-Gallicans.

Created / Published

  • [London] Sold by Wm. Herbert ..., 1755.

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:7,000,000.
  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Designed to be colored. Not colored.
  • -  "Sold by Wm. Herbert on London Bridge & Robt. Sayer over against Fetter Lane in Fleet Street."
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 28
  • -  Includes inset showing North America from Hudson's Bay to Panama.
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2: 110; 651/1; 650/2; 700/1; 700/2; 710

Medium

  • map 42 x 51 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3300 1755 .H4

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 74695024

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Herbert, William, Robert Sayer, and Society Of Anti-Gallicans. A new and accurate map of the English empire in North America: Representing their rightful claim as confirm'd by charters, and the formal surrender of their Indian friends; likewise the encroachments of the French, with the several forts they have unjustly erected therein. [London Sold by Wm. Herbert, 1755] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/74695024/.

APA citation style:

Herbert, W., Sayer, R. & Society Of Anti-Gallicans. (1755) A new and accurate map of the English empire in North America: Representing their rightful claim as confirm'd by charters, and the formal surrender of their Indian friends; likewise the encroachments of the French, with the several forts they have unjustly erected therein. [London Sold by Wm. Herbert] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/74695024/.

MLA citation style:

Herbert, William, Robert Sayer, and Society Of Anti-Gallicans. A new and accurate map of the English empire in North America: Representing their rightful claim as confirm'd by charters, and the formal surrender of their Indian friends; likewise the encroachments of the French, with the several forts they have unjustly erected therein. [London Sold by Wm. Herbert, 1755] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/74695024/>.