A new and accurate map of the English empire in North America : representing their rightful claim as confirmed by charters, and the formal surrender of their Indian friends; likewise the encroachments of the French, with the several forts they have unjustly erected therein

Containers:
Closed Stacks, Drawer 34
Creator:
Herbert, William, Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, and Society of Anti-Gallicans
Extent:
1 Sheets
Language:
English .
Custodial history:

Client reference #69; WAG #289229 Previous IL #: 2020-IL-001-168

Clive Burden, 19 April 2011.

Material specific details:
Scale [ca. 1:7,200,000]. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: Ferro and London. Maps in margin: Plan of the harbour and town of Louisbourg on the isle of Cape Briton -- Plan of Chebucto Harbor -- [Western hemisphere] -- Fort Frederick built by the French at Crown or Scalp Point in the year 1731 -- Plan of Port Dauphin on the isle of Cape Briton -- Plan of the harbour of Annopolis Royal -- Plan of the town of Quebeck.
Physical description:
Scattered toning.
Physical facet:
1 map : hand colored
Dimensions:
40 x 50 cm, on sheet 46 x 85 cm
Other descriptive data:

London : Wm. Herbert ... & Robt. Sayer, 1755

Related material:

LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 62

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
3600 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
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Parent restrictions:
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