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Shows southern United States, Mexico, Central America, northern South America, and West Indies.

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Document identity
localId
0r96fq97z
label
The West Indies exhibiting the English, French, Spanish, Dutch & Danish settlements
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
0r96fq97z
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
The West Indies exhibiting the English, French, Spanish, Dutch & Danish settlements
description
Shows southern United States, Mexico, Central America, northern South America, and West Indies.
date
["[1768]"]
year
1768
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
4000137_0082r
creators
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Caribbean Area--Maps--Early works to 1800
West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800
Mexico--Maps--Early works to 1800
Central America--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Caribbean Sea
Mesoamerica
Mexico
North and Central America
West Indies
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Mexico
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[London]
publisher
Published according to the act by R. Sayer ... & T. Jefferys
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z222j
schema:latitude
23
schema:longitude
-102
extent
1 map on 2 sheets ; 47 x 87 cm. on sheets 76 x 56 cm.
notes
Shows southern United States, Mexico, Central America, northern South America, and West Indies.
Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridians: London and Ferro.
Appears in Jefferys' General topography of North America and the West Indies. London: Printed for Robert Sayer, ... and Thomas Jefferys, 1768.
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no
dcId
0r96fq97z
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map
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