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A new map of North America from the latest discoveries / Spilsbury sculp..
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Title:A new map of North America from the latest discoveries / Spilsbury sculp..
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Author/Creator:Spilsbury, John, 1739-1769 engraver.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771. author. Continuation of the complete history of England,
Andrew McCormick Collection.
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Published/Created:[London] : [Printed for Richard Baldwin ...], 1761.
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Call Number: G3300 1761 .S64
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Links:Andrew McCormick Collection
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Location:
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Library of Congress Subjects:North America--Maps--Early works to 1800.
East (U.S.)--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Canada, Eastern--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Maritime Provinces--Maps--Early works to 1800.
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Description:Scale approximately 1:12,000,000. (W 99°--W 51°/N 53°--N 28°).
1 map : colored ; 27 x 38 cm.
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Summary:Hand coloured copper engraving of eastern United states and southern parts of eastern Canada. Notes the "Bounds of Hudson Bay by the Treaty of Utrecht" in red and notes, indigenous people's territories, and fishing banks of the Maritimes. Compass rose drawn in Altlantic.
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Local note:UBC has a copy in the Andrew McCormick Collection, listed as mccormick_86
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Notes:Relief shown pictorially.
"Engraved for the continuation of Dr. Smolletts History of England."
Prime meridian: London.