Recherche dans la collection - A Map of America or the New World wherein are introduced all the known parts of the Western Hemisphere from the map of D'Anville ; with the necessary alterations, and the additions of the Discoveries made since the Year 1761 [cartographic material] / Wm. Palmer, sculp.

Pictorial relief.
Prime Meridian: Ferro
"O Rare Columbus" engraved in clouds over cartouche in upper left.
"Wm. Palmer sculp." appears in bottom right margin.
Shows Bering Strait between modern-day Alaska and Russia. Also displays New Zealand as "New Zeeland." The "United States" is shown in green while the blue area adjacent to it is marked as "Western Territory." The rest of North America is divided into "Louisiana, " "New Mexico, " and "Canada." "Quivira" is labeled in the northwest region of North America. Of note, Greenland is shown as connected to North America. Title cartouche is decorated with a snake wrapping itself around grass.
"Nb. Although the Acores and Cape Verd Islands lie within this Western Hemisphere, they are reckoned among the African Isles situated in the Old World, or Eastern Hemisphere."
From: Faden's General Atlas,[ London 1797]. Plate 44

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

LeGear, Entry 6010, plate [44], Wagner, vol. 2 , Entry 836

Scale [ca. 1:40 000 000] (W 180°--W 0°/N 80°--S 70°)

The microfiche version is NMC27750 (Copy 2)

Over the Rockies: The Discovery & Mapping of the Canadian West 1700-1886.
An Exhibition held at the The Royal Ontario Museum, March and April, 1956

For other copy see: Mikan 4218285 (NMC 24839) ; G1015 .G46 1799 - ex. fol./Vault (AMICUS No. 26305410)