A General Map of the Northern British Colonies in America, which comprehends the Province of Quebec, the Government of Newfoundland, Nova-Scotia, New-England and New-York. from the Maps Published by the Admiralty and Board of Trade, Regulated by the Astronomic and Trigonometric Observations of Major Holland, and Corrected from Governor Pownall's Late Map 1776. London: Printed for Robt. Sayer & Jno. Bennett . 14th August 1776.
In outline color. Above the map reads, "The Seat of War, in the Northern Colonies containing the Province of Quebec, Newfoundland, Nova-Scotia, New-England, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, &ca." This small hand atlas has six early maps, three of which are particularly important to...
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Sayer and Bennett
1776
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| Summary: | In outline color. Above the map reads, "The Seat of War, in the Northern Colonies containing the Province of Quebec, Newfoundland, Nova-Scotia, New-England, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, &ca." This small hand atlas has six early maps, three of which are particularly important to the mapping of the American Revolution: The Seat of War in the Northern Colonies and The seat of War in the Middle British Colonies (both derived from the Evans/Pownall maps), and the Seat of War in the Southern Colonies (by Bernard Romans). Nicknamed the "Holster Atlas" because it was made for the used of British army officers. All maps in outline color, folded and bound into book with paper covered boards and quarter leather with "American Pocket Atlas" stamped in gilt on the spine. P1206; Streeter 73; Nebenzahl Atlas of the American Revolution p.11-17. |
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