1786 - A new map of the whole continent of America - divided into North and South and West Indies where they are exactly Described in United States of North America as well as the Several European Possessions according to the Preliminaries of Peace signed at Versailles, Jan 20, 1783

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Digital Commons @ CSUMB 2017
• Subjects: Early maps; North America; South America; West Indies; Northern Canada; Hudson Bay; Baffin Bay; River of the West; Fou Sang; Arts and Humanities; Education; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Baja; Bay River; Canada; Hudson; Pacific; Baffin
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/hornbeck_spa_1_a/30; https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1029&context=hornbeck_spa_1_a

An early map that depicted both the North and South Americans along with the West Indies. It provides a glaring contrast between the known and unknown regions, with the Eastern parts of North America quite well understood, while the mythical River of the West was still shown as a continuous water co...