Research Catalog

Title

A New description of Carolina / Francis Lamb, sculp.

Author

Lamb, Francis

Publication

[London] : Sold by Tho. Basset in Fleetstreet and Ric. Chiswell in St. Pauls Churchyard, [1676?]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bassett, Thomas (Bookseller)
• Chiswell, Richard

Description

1 map : hand colored; 38 x 51 cm, on sheet 44 x 57 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US183.1.05

Subjects

• South Carolina
• North Carolina
• South Carolina > Maps > Early works to 1800
• North Carolina > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Early works
• Maps
• Early maps
• South Atlantic States > Maps > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

• Early works.
• Maps.
• Early maps.

Note

• Shows area from Bay Matancas, near St. Augustine, to C. Charles.
• Relief shown pictorially.
• Oriented with north to the right.
• Includes text on verso: "The Description of Florida" p. 50 and "The Description of Carolina" p. 49.

Indexed In (note)

• Cumming, William P. Southeast in early maps
• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 17-641

OCLC

17924641

Author

Lamb, Francis, creator, engraver.

Title

A New description of Carolina / Francis Lamb, sculp.

Publisher

[London] : Sold by Tho. Basset in Fleetstreet and Ric. Chiswell in St. Pauls Churchyard, [1676?]

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:1,900,000 (W 82°00ʹ--W 75°24ʹ/N 37°30ʹ--N 29°30ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

Cumming, William P. Southeast in early maps, no. 77

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 2, page 407, column 1, no. 3

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 59570.

Connect to:

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Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

Bassett, Thomas (Bookseller), publisher.

Chiswell, Richard, publisher.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 17-641