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Source Description
Prime meridians: London and Ferro.
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Document identity
localId
w9505r63q
label
An accurate map of North America
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
w9505r63q
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
An accurate map of North America
description
Prime meridians: London and Ferro.
date
["1775"]
year
1775
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_006070
creators
Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
North America
North and Central America
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
Printed for Robert Sayer
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z222j
schema:latitude
58.166
schema:longitude
-104.466
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 99 x 115 cm.
notes
Prime meridians: London and Ferro.
Relief shown pictorially.
Appears in Thomas Jefferys' American atlas. 1775. No. 5, 6.
Includes historical notes, excerpts from the treaty of 1763, and insets of "A particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay," and "The passage by land to California."
Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
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no
dcId
w9505r63q
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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