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A map of the British and French settlements in North America

Title: A map of the British and French settlements in North America / J. Lodge, delin. et sculp.
Author: Lodge, John, -1796.
Publication: [London? : s.n., 1755?]
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Description

1 map; 27 x 38 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.

Subject

Note

Relief shown pictorially.
Shows boundaries, cities and towns, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory, and "Earl Granville's Property."
Covers the eastern half of North America from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico.
"The French Incroachments are shewn by Oblique strokes, and their Forts with two Strokes, the English Forts by a single Stroke."
Prime meridian: London.
Includes decorative cartouche, a brief historical note on the English claim to North America and the origins of several colonies.

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Additional Formats (note)

Call Number

Map Div. 01-5177

LCCN

74693889

OCLC

5404727

Author

Lodge, John, -1796.

Title

A map of the British and French settlements in North America / J. Lodge, delin. et sculp.

Imprint

[London? : s.n., 1755?]

Cartographic Data

Scale [ca. 1:11,000,000](W 100̕--W 50̕/N 53̕--N 28̕).

Indexed In:

LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 5

Additional Formats

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Research Call Number

Map Div. 01-5177