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The British Possessions in North America from the best authorities [cartographic material] / by Samuel Lewis

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Item

Date:

1794.

Reference:

R11981-609-4-E, Volume number: 350

Item no. (creator):

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection # 350

Local class no.:

H3/1100/1794

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4146423

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

Canada (Including Eastern Canada up to 1780)

The British Possessions in North America from the best authorities
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1794.

Place:

[Philadelphia:

Place of creation:

Pennsylvania

Publisher:

Mathew Carey],

Extent:

1 map : hand col. ;. 37 x 43 cm on sheet 42 x 52 cm.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Maps shows Canada from Newfoundland to Lake Superior with major lakes, rivers, mountain chains, towns and villages.
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Draftsman: Lewis, Samuel, 1753 or 4-1822

Publisher: Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
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General note:

Pictorial relief.
Longitude E from Philadelphia appears across bottom.
Longitude West from London appears across the top of the map.
Includes untitled inset of New Greenland, Labrador New Britain, and Prince William's Land. 20 x 26 cm.
Engraved for Carey's American Edition of Guthries Geography improved. Sheet no. 1 from Mathew Carey's American Atlas (Philadelphia: s.n., 1795).
Second state based on engraving statement across the top and Kershaw entry information.

Custodial history:

Part of the Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection purchased by the Public Archives of Canada in 1981.

Citation/reference note:

David Rumsey Collection Image No: 2542001, Phillips, Entry 1172, map no 1, Phillips, Entry 1173, map no 1, Kershaw, Entry 391, Phillips, Entry 1365, map no 23

Cartographic math data:

Scale [ca. 1:7,286,400 ]

Availability of other formats note:

The microfiche version is NMC191064

Related material:

For other copies and states see: Mikan 4145473 (NMC 6976) ; Mikan 4139924 (NMC 6969)

Container note(s):

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350 : The old container label was "1100 CANADA 1794".
Subject heading:

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North America Early works to 1800

Canada - Maps - Early works to 1800
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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80101/245 CA
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Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]
Original can be viewed in the presence of an early cartographic archivist. Microfiche version is open.

Microfiche [R11981] NMC191064

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11981] 350

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright: Expired.
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