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• Title:A General map of North America from the best authorities.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Russell, John, active 1733-1795.
  Guthrie, William, 1708-1770. New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar.
  Andrew McCormick Collection.
  
• Published/Created:[London : Charles Dilly ; G.G. & J. Robinson, 1798].
  

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  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS framedWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: G3300 1798 .G46
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Hudson Bay--Maps--Early works to 1800.
  Hudson Bay Region--Maps--Early works to 1800.
  Labrador (N.L.)--Maps--Early works to 1800.
  Canada--Maps--Early works to 1800.
  
• Description:Scale [ca. 1:42 000 000]. (W 180°--W 30°/N 85°--N 10°).
  1 map : col. ; 17. 5 x 21. 6 cm., on sheet 21. 9 x 26. 5 cm.
  
• Local note:UBC has a copy in the Andrew McCormick Collection, listed as mccormick_282, see also another version, mccormick_170.
  
• Notes:Printed faintly beneath cartouche: "Russell Sculpt."
  Hand-coloured copper-plate engraving.
  Above upper right margin: "Plate XXII".
  Prime meridian: London.
  Shows major settlements and rivers.
  Map possibly removed from book: Guthrie, William. A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar. 17th ed. London: Charles Dilly; G.G. & J. Robinson, ca. 1798.