(Composite Map to) A new map of the whole continent of America, divided into North and South and West Indies, wherein are exactly described the United States of North America as well as the several European possessions according to the preliminaries of Peace signed at Versailles Jan. 20, 1783. Compiled from Mr. d'Anville's maps of that continent, with the addition of the Spanish discoveries in 1775 to the north of California & corrected in the several parts belonging to Great Britain, from the original materials of Governor Pownall, M. P. London, publish'd by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 12th. May, 1794.
Composite map of North America, South America and the West Indies, as of 1794. Shows political boundaries, cities, roads, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands and sand banks. Relief shown with hachures. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as six bar scales. Ind...
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| Summary: | Composite map of North America, South America and the West Indies, as of 1794. Shows political boundaries, cities, roads, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands and sand banks. Relief shown with hachures. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as six bar scales. Indexed to indicate place names. Decorative cartouche. Descriptive text throughout, including notes on exploration. With inset map: The supplement to North America containing the countries adjoining to Baffins & Hudsons Bays. Hand-colored engraving. Map is 102 x 118 cm, on two fold-out sheets, together 110 x 126 cm. With stamp: Liverpool Library. Published in London, 1794. Composite world atlas by William Faden (1749-1836). Bound in 19th century half red calf over purple pebble-grain cloth, with gilt spine title. Pink end papers. Bookplate: Liverpool Library, Lyceum, Bold Street. Stamp for the “Liverpool Library” on many of the maps within. Elephant folio. Collation: 2° : [1], 48 leaves of plates. With a contemporary manuscript index listing forty-eight subjects in order of appearance, including the wall-maps of the Mediterranean, Asia, India, Africa and the Americas, each joined in two sections and listed as two subjects. Geographic coverage spans the globe, including maps of the Western, Eastern, Northern and Southern Hemispheres, as well as Europe, the United States and the West Indies. Maps show political boundaries, cities, roads, canals, topography, deserts, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands, water depths and anchorage. Maps feature routes of European exploration, such as the voyages of Captain Cook. Maps include decorative cartouches and descriptive text, including notes on voyages. Engravings with original hand-coloring. See our 2104.000 for a later 1802 edition and our 15054.000 for the 1804 Cedid Atlas (the first Ottoman world atlas) derived from this atlas and the 1802 edition. William Faden was a partner in the Jeffreys’ cartographic firm. “With the onset of peace and his reputation made, ... |
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