Map or Atlas
A Map of the Whole Continent of America: Particularly Shewing the British Empire in the Northern Part of America, with the Divisions of the New Governments since the Accession of Canada and Florida
| Map of North and South America, showing the boundaries of colonial territories, cities, settlements, rivers, lakes, and Native American land. Particular emphasis is given to the eastern half of North America, which is entirely marked as British territory. Numerous annotations and descriptive blocks of text appear throughout the map, adding interesting notes on the land, natives, discoveries, and the history of colonial claims. A small note next to California seeks to explain why many cartographers depicted it as an island ("being cover'd in the Spring Tides"). A table in the bottom left further divides the lands of North and South America into its colonial possessors. The title cartouche features cherubs wrestling with a net and fish, an alligator or crocodile, a beaver, and a nude Amazon queen holding a bow and a quiver of arrows. |
| Image ID: | 123703 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1780 |
| Creator Name: | Bowles, John |
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| Collection Name: | Map Collection |
| Genre: | Map or Atlas |
| Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
| Original Format Number: | H GX80 1785 B |
| Original Dimensions: | 50 x 55 cm., on sheet 53 x 65 cm |
| Alligators |
| Beavers |
| Fishes |
| Engraving |
| Nudes |
| Hats |
| Jewelry |
| Cities and towns |
| Maps |
| Writing |
| Islands |
| Women |
| International relations |
| Lakes |
| Rivers |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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