Recherche dans la collection - A general map of the northern British Colonies in America which comprehends the Province of Quebec, the Government of Newfoundland, Nova-Scotia, New-England and New-York, from the maps published by the Admiralty and Board of Trade. Regulated by the Astronomic and Trigonometric observations of Major Holland and corrected from Governor Pownall's late map 1776. [Second title:] The seat of war in the northern colonies containing the Province of Quebec, Newfoundland, Nova-Scotia, New-England, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, &ca. London, printed for Robt. Sayer & Jn. Bennett map & sea chartsellers, No. 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs. 14th August 1776. [cartographic material]

Notes from former database: "Ornamental cartouche surmounted by a beaver".
"This map of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States appeared in a number of publications including Sayer & Bennett's The American Military Pocket Atlas. The map was first published in 1776 and continued to be re-issued with minor changes for over twenty-five years. Atlas copies: Located in Robert Sayer and John Bennett, The American military pocket atlas, (London: R. Sayer and J. Bennett, [1776]), no. 3" .
[Coverdale Collection]
Copy 1 from Coverdale Collection (Manoir Richelieu), no. 802, C.42100. For later issues see: H12/1000/1788; H2/1000/1794. Reference: Phillips, P.L. A list of geographical atlases...(Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909) no. 1343. Stevens, H. and R. Tree, "Comparative Cartography", Map Collectors' Series, (1967), no. 39, item 65.

Scale 1:3,801,600

The microfiche version is NMC24654 (H2 - Copy 1), The microfiche version is NMC24659 (H2 - Copy 2), 42100

This map was originally part of the atlas "The American military pocket atlas : being an approved collection of correct maps, both general and particular, of the British colonies, especially those which now are, or probably may be the theatre of war : taken principally from the actual surveys and judicious observations of engineers De Brahm and Romans; Cook, Jackson, and Collet; Maj. Holland, and other officers employed in His Majesty's fleets and armies". We have this map and also the complete atlas described at the series level in Mikan no. 4730754 (barcodes 2001121657 [copy 1], 2001121658 [copy 2]).