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Complete Record for Item NS9 M25.4.22

Core Fields

Title:North America from the French of Mr [Jean Baptiste Bourguignon] d'Anville improved with the back settlements of Virginia and course of Ohio illustrated with . . .historical remarks
Item Type:Maps
Date:1755
Call Number NS9 M25.4.22

Creator Information (Person)

creator: Jefferys, Thomas

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Notes

Extent: 1 printed map
Dimensions: 47 x 52 cm.
Medium: black ink, with hand-coloring, on paper
General_note: One of the "remarks," BR, is that "the English claim all North America . . .from Sea to Sea or from the E. to the West Coast of the Continent," a claim which was about to be contested by force of arms in the French and Indian War. D'Anville's Atlas of North America had come out in Paris in 1746.
Local_note: Two copies, with different hand-coloring along boundaries.

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East (U.S.)

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