Map or Atlas
A Map of the British and French Settlements in North America
| Map of North America east of the Mississippi River showing cities, settlements, Native American land, mountains, lakes, rivers, and the boundaries between French and English claims. This map shows a strong British bias, claiming several regions largely recognized as French territories for the British. Notes describing the boundaries, various treaties, and native American tribes appear throughout the map. Small illustrations of trees dot the interior of America, though they rarely appear in the interior of Canada. |
| Image ID: | 123905 |
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| Creation Date: | 1755 |
| Creator Name: | Bowen, Thomas |
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| Collection Name: | Map Collection |
| Genre: | Map or Atlas |
| Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
| Original Format Number: | H GX81 1759 B |
| Original Dimensions: | each 19 x 49 cm., on sheet 43 x 52 cm |
| Originally published in the Gentleman's Magazine of Arts & Sciences. The Library copy is trimmed, partially removing the titles of the two sheets. The full titles are as follows: A Map of the British and French Settlements in North America [Part the First] Containing Canada, Nova Scotia, New Found land, New England, part of New York with the Lakes, Six Nations, and all the Countries Westward in the same Parrallels so far as Discover'd, exhibiting the just Boundaries & the French Encroachments. Laid Down from Authentic Surveys; and A Map of the British and French Settlements in North America [Part the second] containing Part of New York; Pensilvania; New Jersey, Mary Land; Virginia; North & South Carolina; Georgia; Louisiana, and all the Countries Westward in the same Parrallels so far as Discovered, shewing the Course of the Rivers Ohio, Missisipi &c, exhibiting the just Boundaries & the French Encroachments. Laid Down from Authentic Surveys. |
| Engraving |
| Trees |
| Cities and towns |
| Maps |
| Mountains |
| International relations |
| Lakes |
| Mississippi River |
| Rivers |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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