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[A new chart of the English empire in North America] [map] / by Cyprian Southack ; engraven and printed by Fra. Dewing, 1717.
Author
Southack, Cyprian, 1662-1745
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Format
Map
Language
English
Published/Created
[Providence, R.I. : s.n., 1942]
Description
Scale [ca. 1:3,850,000]. 1 in. to 61 mi. (W 95°00ʹ00ʺ--W 57°45ʹ00ʺ/N 50°27ʹ00ʺ--N 24°47ʹ00ʺ)
1 map on 4 sheets ; sheets 40 x 44 cm. or smaller.
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Subject(s)
Canada
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Maps
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Early works to 1800
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East (U.S.)
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Maps
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Early works to 1800
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Related name
Dewing, Francis, active 1716-1722
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John Carter Brown Library
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Former owner
Boyd, Julian P. (Julian Parks), 1903-1980
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Facsimiles
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Maps
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Getty AAT genre
Maps
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Canada
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1717
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Maps
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East (U.S.)
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1717
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Notes
Issued in envelope with title on flap.
The title "is taken from the copy in the Public record office [London] upon which it is found in the form of an engrossed inscription." cf. Notes on the Southack map (Boston, 1717)
"A facsimile of the original map in the John Carter Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island, 1942. Reproduced in collotype by the Meriden Gravure Company."
"To His Excellency Samuel Shute esqr. ... And also to the Honble. Council and Representatives in General court assembled at the sessions held at Boston the 7th of Noember, 1716. This chart is most humbly dedicated & presented by Capt. Cyprian Southack."
Key to 140 place names included.
Historic Maps copy imperfect: envelope and "Notes on the Southack map" wanting.
Provenance
Historic Maps copy is from the estate of Julian P. Boyd.
References
McCorkle, B. New England in early printed maps 717.2 (original map)
OCLC
77667049
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