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English: Scale ca. 1:6,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows provinces, cities and towns, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory. Also shows shoals, banks, and other navigational hazards off the coast of Nova Scotia and in the Caribbean area. Originally issued in 4 plates. LC copy mounted as 1 map. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 13 "N.B. This large map of North America was originally engrav'd at Paris, ..." Includes historical and descriptive notes, and an inset chart of Baffin Bay and Hudson Bay. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 700/1; 700/2; 700/3; 710/6
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North America, performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood;
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G3300 1752 .B62
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Source https://www.loc.gov/item/74694275/
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Solomon Boulton  (–1768)  wikidata:Q110898188
 
Alternative names
Solomon Bolton; S. Boulton; S. Bolton
Description cartographer
Date of birth/death circa  Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q110898188
Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville  (1697–1782)  wikidata:Q733907 s:en:Author:Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville q:it:Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville
 
Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville
Description French geographer and cartographer
Date of birth/death 11 July 1697 Edit this at Wikidata 28 January 1782 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Paris
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creator QS:P170,Q733907
Seale, Richard William; Postlethwayt, Malachy; Gravelot, Hubert François; Walker, Anthony; John And Paul Knapton (Firm)
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under the digital ID g3300.ar001300.
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North America
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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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North America · Maps · Early Works To 1800

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