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Source Description
Manuscript map in pen, ink and wash color depicting political boundaries and possessions after the 1763 Treaty of Paris. Drawn by Benjamin Webb, a merchant and sometime schoolmaster active in London, England and later Basel, Switzerland in the mid- to late 18th century.
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Document identity
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dj52zm95d
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A map of North America, & the West India Islands, with part of South America, Europe, Africa & the Atlantic Ocean with it's islands
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map
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1
Source metadata
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dj52zm95d
contentType
map
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normalized
title
A map of North America, & the West India Islands, with part of South America, Europe, Africa & the Atlantic Ocean with it's islands
description
Manuscript map in pen, ink and wash color depicting political boundaries and possessions after the 1763 Treaty of Paris. Drawn by Benjamin Webb, a merchant and sometime schoolmaster active in London, England and later Basel, Switzerland in the mid- to late 18th century.
date
["[ca. 1763]"]
year
1763
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_017682
creators
Webb, Benjamin, active 1760-1784
Ptolemy, active 2nd century
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800
Europe, Western--Maps--Early works to 1800
Africa, Northwest--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Africa
Europe
North America
North and Central America
Southern Europe
West Africa
West Indies
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Maps
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Manuscript maps
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Cartographic
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1
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Source extras
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sf268508b
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41688024w
schema:latitude
58.166
schema:longitude
-104.466
extent
1 manuscript map ; hand colored ; 25 x 44 cm
notes
Includes table of The latitude of some principal place in Europe &c.
Some islands in the West Indies also labeled with length of the island, length of coastline, island dimensions, or changes from the 1763 Treaty of Paris.
Likely based on German sources.
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dj52zm95d
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map
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