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Composite: North America. Pownall, Thomas; (Kitchin, Thomas); Robert Laurie & James Whittle; Kino, Eusebio Francisco, 1794

Composite: North America. / Pownall, Thomas; (Kitchin, Thomas); Robert Laurie & James Whittle; Kino, Eusebio Francisco / 1794
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Full Title: (Composite of) A new map of North America, with the West India Islands. (with) A particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay. (with) The passage by land to California discover'd by Father Eusebius Francis Kino a Jesuit, between the years 1692 and 1701 before which and for a considerable time since California has always been described in all charts & maps as an island. Divided according to the Preliminary Articles of Peace, signed at Versailles, 20 Jan. 1783, wherein are particularly distinguished the United States and the several provinces, governments &c. which compose the British Dominions, laid down according to the latest surveys, and corrected from the original materials of Goverr. Pownall, Membr. of Parliamt. London, Published by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53, Fleet Street, 12th May, 1794.

Author: Pownall, Thomas; (Kitchin, Thomas); Robert Laurie & James Whittle; Kino, Eusebio Francisco

Date: 1794

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Author: Pownall, Thomas; (Kitchin, Thomas); Robert Laurie & James Whittle; Kino, Eusebio Francisco

Date: 1794

Short Title: Composite: North America.

Publisher: London: Laurie & Whittle

Type: Composite Map

Object Height cm: 102

Object Width cm: 116

Scale 1: 5,400,000

Note: Digital composite of 2 hand colored engraved maps. Relief shown pictorially. Shows settlements, roads, Indian tribes, rivers, etc. Illustrated cartouche. Includes descriptive text. Prime meridians: Ferro and London. Printed on 4 sheets; joined as 2.

Reference: P-Maps, 594; Wheat 226; Karpinski CIX.

World Area: North America

Country: Mexico

State / Province: U.S. West

Full Title: (Composite of) A new map of North America, with the West India Islands. (with) A particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay. (with) The passage by land to California discover'd by Father Eusebius Francis Kino a Jesuit, between the years 1692 and 1701 before which and for a considerable time since California has always been described in all charts & maps as an island. Divided according to the Preliminary Articles of Peace, signed at Versailles, 20 Jan. 1783, wherein are particularly distinguished the United States and the several provinces, governments &c. which compose the British Dominions, laid down according to the latest surveys, and corrected from the original materials of Goverr. Pownall, Membr. of Parliamt. London, Published by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53, Fleet Street, 12th May, 1794.

List No: 2310.082

Page No: (67-68)

Series No: 84

Published In: (A new universal atlas, exhibiting all the empires, kingdoms, states, republics, &c. &c. in the whole World; being a complete collection of the most approved maps extant; corrected with the greatest care, and augmented from the last edition of D'Anville and Robert (de Vaugondy) with many improvements by Major James Rennel, and other eminent geographers, including all the tracks and new discoveries of the British circumnavigators, Biron, Wallis, Carteret, Captain James Cook, Vancouver, Perouse, &c. &c. 6th Ed. ... London, R. Laurie & J. Whittle, 1802)

Publication Author: Kitchin, Thomas; Robert Laurie & James Whittle

Publication Date: 1802

Publication Reference: P699. Cf Shirley R. Maps in the atlases of the British Library, T.LAU-1c (1799 ed.); NMM 375 (3rd ed. 1801)

Publication Note: See note field above.

Publication List No: 2310.000

Publication Type: World Atlas

Publication Maps: 76

Publication Height cm: 57

Publication Width cm: 41

Image No: 2310082

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