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Map To His Royal Highness. George Ausgustus Frederick. Prince of Wales &c. &c. &c. This chart of the West Indies,

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Title

  • To His Royal Highness. George Ausgustus Frederick. Prince of Wales &c. &c. &c. This chart of the West Indies,

Names

  • Speer, Joseph Smith

Created / Published

  • [Westminster? 1774?]

Headings

  • -  Caribbean Area--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Caribbean Area
  • -  West Indies

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:5,000,000.
  • -  Hand colored.
  • -  Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings.
  • -  Shows southern United States, Mexico, Central America, Bermudas, West Indies, and northern South America.
  • -  European possessions shown by color.
  • -  LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing.
  • -  Includes acknowledgment dated Jan. 25, 1774 at Plantation Office, Whitehall by John Pownall, secry.
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1699
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2

Medium

  • col. map 72 x 117 cm. fold. to 25 x 32 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4390 1774 .S63

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 74695789

Online Format

  • image

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Speer, Joseph Smith. To His Royal Highness. George Ausgustus Frederick. Prince of Wales &c. &c. &c. This chart of the West Indies. [Westminster? ?, 1774] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/74695789/.

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Speer, J. S. (1774) To His Royal Highness. George Ausgustus Frederick. Prince of Wales &c. &c. &c. This chart of the West Indies. [Westminster? ?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/74695789/.

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Speer, Joseph Smith. To His Royal Highness. George Ausgustus Frederick. Prince of Wales &c. &c. &c. This chart of the West Indies. [Westminster? ?, 1774] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/74695789/>.