A new map of North America shewing its principal divisions, chief cities, townes, rivers, mountains & c. [map] / delin. M. Burg. ; sculpt. Univ. Oxon.

Author
Wells, Edward, 1667-1727 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
[Oxford : Printed at the Theatre, 1704]
Description
  • Scale [ca. 1:20,000,000] (W 126°00ʹ00ʺ--W 15°00ʹ00ʺ/N 70°00ʹ00ʺ--N 5°00ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map : hand col. ; 36 x 48 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Library of Congress genre(s)
Getty AAT genre
Notes
  • Relief shown pictorially.
  • Shows California as an island.
  • "Dedicated to His Highness William Duke of Glocester."
  • Plate 39 from: A new sett of maps both of antient and modern geography ... Oxford : Printed at the Theatre, 1704.
  • Historic Maps copy 3 is uncolored.
Source acquisition
Historic Maps copies are from the estate of N. B. Fox, Class of 1899.
References
  • Tooley, R.V. Mapping of America, p. 128
  • Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America II 758, state 3
OCLC
677976673
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