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q524n4572
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Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, with the British, French, & Spanish settlements in North America, and the West Indies
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dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
q524n4572
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, with the British, French, & Spanish settlements in North America, and the West Indies
description
Relief shown pictorially.
date
["[1762]"]
year
1762
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
4000137_0021
creators
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Atlantic Ocean--Maps--Early works to 1800
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Atlantic Ocean
North America
North and Central America
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
T. Jefferys
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
58.166
schema:longitude
-104.466
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 48 x 62 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridians: London and Ferro.
Includes 2 overlays hinged to left side: Plate I. Claims of the French in 1756 are colored yellow -- Plate II. The French dominions as proposed by M. De Bussy in 1761 are colored yellow and the lands proposed by M. De Bussy to be neutral are colored green.
"Plate III. The dominions ceded by France & Spain to Great Britain are colored with a feint red."
Includes tables of latitude and longitude of selected places with comparison to latitude and longitude on the maps of Bellin and D'Anville.
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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q524n4572
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map
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