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English: Scale ca. 1:14,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. Also shows southern United States, Central America, and northern South America. "Where may be had just publish'd for the use of the curious as well as students, in one vol: 8 vo., Geography reformed; or, A new system of general geography, according to an accurate analysis of ye science; augmented with several necessary branches omitted by former authors in 4 parts to which is added a copious index, answering ye end of a geographical dictionary." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1681 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes explanatory notes. Vault AACR2
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An accurate map of the West Indies. Exhibiting not only all the islands posses'd by the English, French, Spaniards & Dutch, but also all the towns and settlements on the continent of America adjacent thereto.
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G4390 175- .B6
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Source https://www.loc.gov/item/74690946/
Author Bowen, Emanuel; Cave, E.
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West Indies · Caribbean Area
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Military Battles And Campaigns · American Memory · Catalog · Geography And Map Division · American Revolution And Its Era: Maps And Charts Of North America And The West Indies, 1750-1789
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West Indies · Maps · Caribbean Area · Early Works To 1800

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