COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Postlethwayt, Malachy, 1707 – 1767
Author:
Boulton, S.
Date:
1774
Short Title:
Vol. I. North America. Plate II
Publisher:
W.Strahan, J. & F.Rivington
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Book Map
Obj Height cm:
44
Obj Width cm:
58
Scale 1:
6,400,000
Note:
1 map on 4 sheets. "For Mr. Postlethwayte's Dict. of commerce." Includes inset: Chart of Baffin Bay and Hudson Bay and historical and descriptive notes. Relief shown pictorially. Title from sheet II, with decorative cartouche. Shows provinces, cities and towns, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory. Also shows shoals, banks, and other navigational hazards off the coast of Nova Scotia and in the Caribbean area.
World Area:
North America
Full Title:
North America, performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood; by the Sieur Danville. Greatly improved by Mr. Bolton. Engraved by R. W. Seale. (to accompany) The Universal Dictionary Of Trade and Commerce ... By Malachy Postlethwayt. The fourth edition. Vol. I. London : Printed by W. Starhan, I. and F. Rivington. MDCCLXXIV (1774).
List No:
13171.013
Page No:
II
Series No:
13
Engraver or Printer:
Bolton, Emanuel
Engraver or Printer:
Seale, Richard William
Engraver or Printer:
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'
Publication Author:
Postlethwayt, Malachy, 1707 – 1767
Pub Date:
1774
Pub Title:
The Universal Dictionary Of Trade and Commerce : With Large Additions and Improvements, Adapting the Same to the Present State of British Affairs in America, since the Last Treaty of Peace Made in the Year 1763. With Great Variety of New Remarks and Illustrations ... Together With Every Thing essential that is contained in Savary's Dictionary: also, All the Material Laws, of Trade and Navigation relating to these Kingdoms, and the Customs and Usages to which all Traders are subject. By Malachy Postlethwayt. The fourth edition. Vol. I. & Vol. II. London : Printed by W. Starhan, I. and F. Rivington. MDCCLXXIV (1774).
Pub Note:
2 Volumes, fourth Edition of Postlethwayt’s The Universal Dictionary Of Trade and commerce, 1774. It is based in part on the Dictionnaire universel de Commerce (Paris: 1723-30) of Jacques Savary de Bruslon, under whose name it is often catalogued, but has been adapted by Postlethwayt for a British audience, with improvements, relating to England and her colonies. Includes a description of British affairs in North America since the peace of 1763. Titles in red & black with engraved vignettes. Both volumes include descriptive text in double columns on products, trading companies and treaties of commerce, and a vast range of other information of value to merchants. Bound in hard covers contemporary calf, with Vol. number on spines in gilt. Vol. 1: Contains engraved allegorical frontispiece by C. Mosley, text in double columns, and 24 folded map sheets, engraved by T.Kitchin or R.W.Seale, depict Europe (4 sheets), Asia (8 sheets), North America (4 sheets), South America (4 sheets), and Africa (4 sheets). The maps are updated from Anville by Boulton (although Boulton is spelled Bolton on these maps). For full text scan of vol 1 and vol 2 see https://archive.org… https://archive.org…
Pub List No:
13171.000
Pub Type:
Geography Book
Pub Maps:
24
Pub Height cm:
44
Pub Width cm:
29
Image No:
13171013.jp2
Authors:
Postlethwayt, Malachy, 1707 – 1767; Boulton, S.
