Image Title

:  North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville : improved with the back settlements of Virginia and course of Ohio : illustrated with geographical and historical remarks.

Creator

: Douglass, William, ca. 1700-1752  -- Cartographer

Additional Name(s)

: Douglass, William, ca. 1700-1752  -- Author
Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771 -- Publisher
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782  -- Cartographer
Baldwin, Richard, 1724-1770  -- Associated name

Item Physical Description

: 1 map : hand col. ; 46 x 49 cm. folded to 20 x 12 cm.

Notes

: "May 1755 published according to Act by Thos. Jefferys, geographer to His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales near Charing Cross". Note 2.) Covers the east coast from Labrador to northern Florida, and the interior as far west as the Mississippi Valley. Note 3.) Includes decorative cartouche and texts: French incroachments -- English title to their settlements on the continent. Note 4.) Prime meridians: Ferro and London. Note 5.) Relief shown pictorially. Note 6.) Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 469.

Standard Reference

: Sabin, 20727

Source

: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases / Atlases / A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North-America ... By William Douglass, M.D. ... Boston, New-England, Printed:

Source Description

: 2 v. ; 20.5 cm.

Location

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

Catalog Call Number

: Map Div. 97-6220 (Vol. 1, map facing t.p.) [In LHS 3019]

Digital ID

: 489827

Record ID

: 254069

Digital Item Published

: 2-26-2005; updated 1-9-2012