New Map of North America. / Carver, Jonathan / 1781

New Map of North America. Carver, Jonathan, 1781

New Map of North America. / Carver, Jonathan / 1781

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Full Title: A New Map of North America, From the Latest Discoveries. 1778. Engrav'd for Carvers Travels.

Author: Carver, Jonathan

Date: 1781

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Author: Carver, Jonathan

Date: 1781

Short Title: New Map of North America.

Publisher: London: C. Dilly

Type: Book Map

Object Height cm: 33

Object Width cm: 36

Scale 1: 17,424,000

Note: Map in color with the majority in outline color and the Midwest in full color. Stretches to Baffin Bay in the north.

Reference: Howes C215.

Country: United States

Full Title: A New Map of North America, From the Latest Discoveries. 1778. Engrav'd for Carvers Travels.

List No: 0131.001

Series No: 2

Published In: Travels Through The Interior Parts Of North America, In The Years 1766, 1767, And 1768. By J. Carver, Esq. Captain Of A Company Of Provincial Troops During The Late War With France. Illustrated With Copper Plates, Coloured. The Third Edition. To which is added, Some Account Of The Author, And A Copious Index. London: Printed for C. Dilly, in the Poultry; H. Payne, in Pall-mall; and J. Phillips, in George-Yard, Lombard-Street. MDCCLXXXI. (with 2 maps).

Publication Author: Carver, Jonathan

Publication Date: 1781

Publication Reference: Howes C215.

Publication Note: 3rd and best edition. With two important maps: A New Map of North America, From the Latest Discoveries 1778 (shows the proposed nine numbered territories west of Pennsylvania) and A Plan of Captain Carver's Travels in the interior Parts of North America in 1766 and 1767.

Publication List No: 0131.000

Publication Type: Exploration Book

Publication Maps: 2

Publication Height cm: 21

Publication Width cm: 13

Image No: 0131001

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