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Title: A new and exact map of the dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye continent of North America : containing Newfoundland, New Scotland, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pensilvania, Maryland, Virginia and Carolina

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1736

Publishers

  • [London] : Printed and sold by Tho. Bowles next ye Chapter House in St Pauls Church-yard, John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhil, and by I. King at ye Globe in ye Poultrey near Stocks Market, 1715 [1736?]

Summary

Relief shown pictorially. Dedication: To the Honourable Walter Dowglass Esqr. constituted Captain General and Chief Governor of all ye Leeward Islands in America by her late Majesty Queen Anne in ye year 1711. This map is most humbly dedicated by your most humble servant Herman Moll, Geogr., 1715. Prime meridian: London. Includes descriptive text. Insets: A view of ye industry of ye beavers of Canada ... the cataract of Niagara ... --- A draught of ye town and harbour of Charles-town. -- A map of the principal part of North America. -- A map of the improved part of Carolina with the settlements &c. -- South part of Carolina and the east part of Florida ... Imprint date from Cumming, W.P. Southeast in early maps.

Subjects

  • North America
  • Beavers—Pictorial works
  • Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)—Pictorial works
  • North America—Maps—Early works to 1800
  • Maps—North America—1736
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-83.5, -51.5, 57.0, 23.0)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-83.5, -51.5, 57.0, 23.0)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Moll, Herman, d. 1732. A new and exact map of the dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye continent of North America : containing Newfoundland, New Scotland, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pensilvania, Maryland, Virginia and Carolina. [London] : Printed and sold by Tho. Bowles next ye Chapter House in St Pauls Church-yard, John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhil, and by I. King at ye Globe in ye Poultrey near Stocks Market, 1715 [1736?]. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-k643b307z

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng