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Source Description
Map of North America showing Canada, United States, Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. Also shows the locations of the various Native American tribes. Cartouche at upper right shows a Native American man, woman and child. The man and woman each hold quivers, and the woman holds a bow.
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Document identity
localId
q524mt31w
label
A New map of North America
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
q524mt31w
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A New map of North America
description
Map of North America showing Canada, United States, Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. Also shows the locations of the various Native American tribes. Cartouche at upper right shows a Native American man, woman and child. The man and woman each hold quivers, and the woman holds a bow.
date
["[1786?]"]
year
1786
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
reuseAllowed
creative commons
language
English
identifierLocal
488966_0001
creators
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
institution
American Antiquarian Society
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Maps from AAS
subjects
Indians of North America--Pictorial works
North America--Maps
subjectsGeographic
North America
North and Central America
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[London]
publisher
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map, chart & printseller, no. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs
Source extras
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z603vf97w
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dn39z222j
schema:latitude
58.166
schema:longitude
-104.466
extent
1 map on 4 sheets : engraving, hand colored ; 102 x 116 cm., on sheets 53 x 60 cm. or smaller
notes
Prime meridian: London and Ferro.
Relief shown pictorially.
Inset: A particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay.
Inset: The passage by land to California discovered by Father Eusebius Francis Kino ...
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no
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q524mt31w
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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