Texas State Archives Map Collection



A New Map of the Whole Continent of America, divided into North and South and West Indies, wherein are exactly Described the United States of North America as well as the Several European Possessions …
Date: 1794
Publisher: Laurie and Whittle, London, May 1794. Compiled from Mr. D'Anville's Map of that Continent, ...
Cartographer: -- None Listed --
Scale: 1 inch = 225 Eng. miles
Size: 103 cm x 121 cm
Type of Map: general
Format: photostat, white on black
Language: English
AC Number: 01521
Photo Media: -- None Listed --

A New Map of the Whole Continent of America, divided into North and South and West Indies, wherein are exactly Described the United States of North America as well as the Several European Possessions … Image:
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[Title, cont.] ... according to the Preliminaries of Peace signed at Versailles, Jan. 20, 1793 [Pub., cont,] ... with the addition of the Spanish Discoveries in 1775 to the North of California and corrected in the several parts belonging to Great Britian, from the original materials of Governor Pownall, M.D. Parts of the western coast of Europe and Africa, the islands in the Caribbean, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans are covered in addition to North and South America. Shows are rivers, lakes, mountainous areas, states, territories, cities, towns, and Indian tribes. Inset: The Supplement to North America containing the Countries adjoining Baffins and Hudsons Bays. Table: The Continent and Islands of America are Divided and Possessed as follows: (the possessions are listed by country of ownership). Long. 35 E. from Ferro to 145 deg., W. from Ferro Copied from the holdings of Paul Ragsdale, Austin, Texas. Photostat in six sheets. 6/1/83

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