(A new map of North America, with the West India Islands. Southern section)
Short_Title
(A new map of North America, with the West India Islands. Southern section)
Short Title
Publisher:
Robert Sayer London
Publisher]|#PUBLISHE R_LOCATION
Robert Sayer London
Publisher
Type:
Atlas Map
Type
Atlas Map
Type
Obj Height cm:
51
Obj_Height_cm
51
Obj Height cm
Obj Width cm:
117
Obj_Width_cm
117
Obj Width cm
Scale 1:
5,300,000
Scale_1
5,300,000
Scale 1
Note:
Engraved map in outline color. Printed on 2 sheets. Shows forests, banks, forts, Native American villages, trading posts, mines, salt pits, sailing courses, etc. Relief shown pictorially. Includes inset map, "A passage by land to California. Discovered by Father Eusebius Francis Kino, a Jesuit, between the years 1698 and 1701 before which and for a considerable time since California has always been described in all charts & maps as an island," and geographic notes on map. Prime meridians: Ferro and London. David Rumsey Collection copy mounted as 1 sheet.
Note
Engraved map in outline color. Printed on 2 sheets. Shows forests, banks, forts, Native American villages, trading posts, mines, salt pits, sailing courses, etc. Relief shown pictorially. Includes inset map, "A passage by land to California. Discovered by Father Eusebius Francis Kino, a Jesuit, between the years 1698 and 1701 before which and for a considerable time since California has always been described in all charts & maps as an island," and geographic notes on map. Prime meridians: Ferro and London. David Rumsey Collection copy mounted as 1 sheet.
Note
Reference:
P4300; Lowery, 657; cf Wheat, 196 (1783 ed.)
Reference
P4300; Lowery, 657; cf Wheat, 196 (1783 ed.)
Reference
World Area:
North America
World_Area
North America
World Area
Region:
California, Gulf of
Region
California, Gulf of
Region
Full Title:
(A new map of North America, with the West India Islands. Southern section. Divided according to the Preliminary Articles of Peace, signed at Versailles, 20. Jan. 1783, wherein are particularly distinguished the United States, and the several provices, governments &ca. which compose the British Dominions; laid down according to the latest surveys, and corrected from the original materials, of Goverr. Pownall, Membr. of Parliamt., 1783). London, printed for Robt. Sayer, Map, Chart & Printseller, no. 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs August 15th 1786.
Full_Title
(A new map of North America, with the West India Islands. Southern section. Divided according to the Preliminary Articles of Peace, signed at Versailles, 20. Jan. 1783, wherein are particularly distinguished the United States, and the several provices, governments &ca. which compose the British Dominions; laid down according to the latest surveys, and corrected from the original materials, of Goverr. Pownall, Membr. of Parliamt., 1783). London, printed for Robt. Sayer, Map, Chart & Printseller, no. 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs August 15th 1786.
Full Title
List No:
0411.041
List_No
0411.041
List No
Page No:
31
Page_No
31
Page No
Series No:
43
Series_No
43
Series No
Publication Author:
Kitchin, Thomas
Publication_Author
Kitchin, Thomas
Publication Author
Pub Date:
1790
Pub_Date
1790
Pub Date
Pub Title:
A general atlas, describing the whole universe: being a complete collection of the most approved maps extant; corrected with the greatest care, and augmented from the latest discoveries. The whole being an improvement of the maps of D'Anville and Robert. Engraved in the best manner on sixty-two copper-plates, by Thomas Kitchin, Senior, and Others. London: printed For Robert Sayer, no. 53, Fleet-Street, (1790).
Pub_Title
A general atlas, describing the whole universe: being a complete collection of the most approved maps extant; corrected with the greatest care, and augmented from the latest discoveries. The whole being an improvement of the maps of D'Anville and Robert. Engraved in the best manner on sixty-two copper-plates, by Thomas Kitchin, Senior, and Others. London: printed For Robert Sayer, no. 53, Fleet-Street, (1790).
Pub Title
Pub Reference:
P4300.
Pub_Reference
P4300.
Pub Reference
Pub Note:
Late issue. Many of the maps are double sheet. This atlas was later expanded to become the New Universal Atlas (see David Rumsey Collection copy). Some of these maps also appeared in the American Atlas by Jefferys. There are actually 23 large maps, on 35 connected sheets, produced from 62 copper plates. Maps are hand painted with outline and full color and bound in half leather tan marbled paper covered boards with "General Atlas" stamped in gold on the spine. Inscription inside front cover in pen-and-ink: R. Sayer pub, 53 Fleet ... 8th, 1791 ...
Pub_Note
Late issue. Many of the maps are double sheet. This atlas was later expanded to become the New Universal Atlas (see David Rumsey Collection copy). Some of these maps also appeared in the American Atlas by Jefferys. There are actually 23 large maps, on 35 connected sheets, produced from 62 copper plates. Maps are hand painted with outline and full color and bound in half leather tan marbled paper covered boards with "General Atlas" stamped in gold on the spine. Inscription inside front cover in pen-and-ink: R. Sayer pub, 53 Fleet ... 8th, 1791 ...
