File:North America - performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood by the Sieur d'Anville; greatly improved by Mr. Bolton; engrav,d by R. W. Seale; Gravelot, NYPL489836.tiff

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Description North America / performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood by the Sieur d'Anville ; greatly improved by Mr. Bolton ; engrav,d by R. W. Seale ; Gravelot, delin. ; Walker, sculp.; Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases / Charts and maps
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"Mr. Postlethwayt's Dictionary of commerce." ''Note 2.'') "N.B. This large map of North America was originally engrav'd at Paris, ..." ''Note 3.'') Also shows shoals, banks, and other navigational hazards off the coast of Nova Scotia and in the Caribbean area. ''Note 4.'') Copy in Map Div. 97-6155: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection. ''Note 5.'') Includes historical and descriptive notes, and an inset chart of Baffin Bay and Hudson Bay. ''Note 6.'') Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 550M. ''Note 7.'') National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. ''Note 8.'') Prime meridian: Ferro. ''Note 9.'') Relief shown pictorially. ''Note 10.'') Shows provinces, cities and towns, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory.
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1 map : hand col. ; 82 x 83 cm.
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Map Div. 97-6155 [LHS 550M]
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LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 13
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From The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. http://maps.nypl.org http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?imageID=489836

institution QS:P195,Q219555
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Solomon Boulton  (–1768)  wikidata:Q110898188
 
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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
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Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
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5-19-2004; updated 3-25-2011
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489836




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