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• Title:A new map of the only useful and frequented part of New Found Land / by Tho. Kitchen geogr.
  
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• Variant Title:New map of the only useful and frequented part of Newfoundland
  
• Author/Creator:Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784 cartographer.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Andrew McCormick Collection.
  
• Published/Created:[London] : [London Magazine] ; [1762].
  

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  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS framedWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: G3435 1762 .K5
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Links:Andrew McCormick Collection
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Newfoundland and Labrador--Maps--Early works to 1800.
  
• Description:Scale approximately 1:2 900 000 ; (W 61°--W 53̋°/N 50°̃̃40°--N 46̋°)
  1 map ; 16. 5 x 23. 5 cm.
  
• Summary:Engraved print with decorative title cartouche. Depicts the coastline and features of Newfoundland, but engraved in the middle of the map is "The interior parts of this island are entirely unknown."
  
• Local note:UBC has a copy in the Andrew McCormick Collection, listed as mccormick_176
  
• Notes:Prime meridian: London.
  Bar scale in British statute miles.
  North Arrow.
  Decorative title cartouche.
  The top center of the map reads "For the London Mag." From: London Magazine, v. 31, Aug. 1762 facing p. 408.