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Title

  • The British possessions in North America : from the best authorities

Names

  • Lewis, Samuel, 1753 or 1754-1822, cartographer
  • Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839, cartographer
  • Guthrie, William, 1708-1770, cartographer

Created / Published

  • [Philadelphia] : [M. Carey?], 1794.

Headings

  • -  Canada--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Canada

Genre

  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Prime meridians: London and Philadelphia.
  • -  "Engraved for Carey's American edition of Guthrie's Geography improved."
  • -  Bar scale "American miles 69 1/2 to a Deg."
  • -  Includes inset: [Labrador, Hudson's Bay, Baffin's Bay, and Greenland].
  • -  In upper right margin: 23.
  • -  In ink in lower margin: Casey's American Edition Guthrie's Geography, 1796.
  • -  Copy imperfect: Foxing, torn along edges and mounted on cloth.
  • -  Wheat, J.C. Maps and charts published in America before 1800, 103

Medium

  • 1 map ; 38 x 44 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3400 1794 .L4
  • G3400 1794 .L4 Copy 2. Hand colored, 39 x 44 cm on sheet 43 x 56 cm. Shellacked, mounted on cloth backing and laminated. Stamped on in lower left corner: 614. In red ink in upper right: 23.
  • G3400 1794 .L4 Copy 3. Uncolored. Torn along fold-lined. Torn and repaired on left edge. Do not have 23 in upper right margin. In ink in lower margin: Casey's American Edition Guthrie's Geography, 1796. In pen on verso: 22.

Source Collection

  • Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839. The general atlas for Carey's edition of Guthrie's Geography improved. Plate [23].

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021589269

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Chicago citation style:

Lewis, Samuel, 1753 Or , Cartographer, Mathew Carey, and William Guthrie. The British possessions in North America: from the best authorities. [Philadelphia: M. Carey?, 1794] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021589269/.

APA citation style:

Lewis, S., Carey, M. & Guthrie, W. (1794) The British possessions in North America: from the best authorities. [Philadelphia: M. Carey?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021589269/.

MLA citation style:

Lewis, Samuel, 1753 Or , Cartographer, Mathew Carey, and William Guthrie. The British possessions in North America: from the best authorities. [Philadelphia: M. Carey?, 1794] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021589269/>.