Image Title

:  North America performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood by the Sieur d'Anville / greatly improved by Mr. Bolton ; engrav,d by R. W. Seale ; Gravelot, delin. ; Walker, sculp.

Creator

: Bolton, Solomon, d. ca. 1768  -- Cartographer

Additional Name(s)

: Postlethwayt, Malachy, 1707?-1767  -- Author
Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773 -- Artist
Seale, Richard William -- Engraver
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782  -- Associated name
Walker, Anthony, 1726-1765  -- Engraver
John and Paul Knapton (Firm) -- Publisher

Published Date

: 1752

Item Physical Description

: 1 map : hand col. ; 82 x 83 cm.

Notes

: "Mr. Postlethwayt's Dictionary of commerce." Note 2.) "Mr. Postlethwayt's Dictionary of commerce." Note 3.) "Mr. Postlethwayt's Dictionary of commerce." Note 4.) "Mr. Postlethwayt's Dictionary of commerce." Note 5.) "Mr. Postlethwayt's Dictionary of commerce." Note 6.) "Mr. Postlethwayt's Dictionary of commerce." Note 7.) "Mr. Postlethwayt's Dictionary of commerce." Note 8.) "Mr. Postlethwayt's Dictionary of commerce." Note 9.) "Mr. Postlethwayt's Dictionary of commerce." Note 10.) "Mr. Postlethwayt's Dictionary of commerce." Note 11.) "N.B. This large map of North America was originally engrav'd at Paris, ..." Note 12.) Also shows shoals, banks, and other navigational hazards off the coast of Nova Scotia and in the Caribbean area. Note 13.) National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. Note 14.) Shows provinces, cities and towns, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory. Note 15.) Copy in Map Div. 00-348: Mercator Society Fund. Note 16.) Includes historical and descriptive notes, and an inset chart of Baffin Bay and Hudson Bay. Note 17.) Mercator Society Fund. Note 18.) Prime meridian: Ferro. Note 19.) Relief shown pictorially.

Standard Reference

: LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 13

Source

: Maps of North America. / Whole

Location

: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

Catalog Call Number

: Map Div. 00-348

Digital ID

: 434597

Record ID

: 253229

Digital Item Published

: 2-3-2004; updated 3-25-2011