A map of the British and French dominions in North America, with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements, humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Halifax, and the other Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations [map], by their Lordships most obliged and very humble servant, Jno. Mitchell. Tho: Kitchin, sculp.

Author
Mitchell, John, 1711-1768 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
London, Printed for Jefferys and Faden, geographers to the King [1773]
Description
  • Scale [ca. 1:2,000,000]. (W 107°00ʹ00ʺ--W 51°00ʹ00ʺ/N 53°15ʹ00ʺ--N 27°15ʹ00ʺ).
  • Scale not determined. (W 105°00ʹ00ʺ--W 40°00ʹ00ʺ/N 73°00ʹ00ʺ--N 50°00ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map : hand col., mounted on cloth, with rings for hanging ; 136 x 195 cm.

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Special Collections - Rare Books Historic Map Collection HMC01.1057 A North 25, drawer 3 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Notes
    • First impression of 3d ed.
    • Relief shown pictorially.
    • "Longitude west from London."
    • Includes text and inset "A new map of Hudson's Bay and Labrador from the late surveys of those coasts."
    • Conservation treatment was the gift of the Society of Colonial Wars in New Jersey.
    References
    • LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 41
    • Richard Stephenson, 'Table for identifying variant editions and impressions of John Mitchell's map ...', in A la carte (Washington, 1972), p. 109
    Inset title
    • New map of Hudson's Bay and Labrador
    LCCN
    74693176
    OCLC
    5402527
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