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• Title:A map exhibiting all the new discoveries in the interior parts of North America / inscribed by permission to the Honorable Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading into Hudsons Bay in testimony of their liberal communications to their most obedient and very humble servant, A. Arrowsmith Hydrographer to His Majesty, No.10 Soho Square, January 1st. 1795, additions to 1811.18.19.20.24 ; [J.Puke sc.].
  
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• Author/Creator:Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Puke, J.
  
• Published/Created:London : Published... by A. Arrowsmith No.10 Soho Square, 1 Jan. 1795.
  

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  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS mapsWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: G3300.1795 A7 1824
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Location Has:Shelved at: Loc8
    
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Indians--North America--Maps.
  North America--Maps--19th century.
  North America--Discovery and Exploration--Maps.
  
• Subject(s):Mackenzie, Alexander, Sir, 1764-1820.
  
• Edition:Additions to 1802.
  
• Description:Scale [ca. 1:4,450,000] ; (W 145° - W 30° / N 70° - N 25°).
  1 map in 6 sheets on 2 : engraved, ms. colour, ms. annotations ; 132. 2 x 72 cm. & 122. 7 x 72 cm. (extension 5. 5 cm.)
  
• Notes:Forts; missions; cities, etc.; states; British colonies; exploration routes; Indians; Grand Banks; Notes on terrain, river routes, the sea, wildlife.
  HBC Districts and forts added in red, with "Department of Columbia" extending south to approx. 43°. N lat.
  This is State 6 (?) of this map.
  Arrowsmith's title has been added to the imprint below the lower left corner; title block appears in the lower left corner of the map.
  Conservation by Topham Conservation, Sept. 1993; mounted on tissue and encapsulated in 2 sheets.
  Extension to north of Baffin Bay on sheet 2, measuring 5.5 x 21 cm.