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John Mitchell; Kitchen, Thomas |
| Description |
English: A map of the British and French dominions in North America with the roads, distances, limits and extent of the settlements, humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Halifax and the other Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations, by ... Jno. Mitchell.Map on 8 sheets. Hand col. engr. Medium: On modern backing sheets. Physical description Note: Outline colour. Scale: [ca 1:2 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Graduated, London meridian. Contents Note: Numerous notes on Indian settlements, Inset (on sheet A): A new map of Huson's Bay and Labrador [ca. 1:10 000 000]. Map is 4 sheets wide and 2 sheets high. G292:5/2 G North America by Mitchell |
| Date | 1755 |
| Dimensions | Printed area of each sheet 69 x 49cm, on varying size sheets. |
| Notes | Title Note: This map was undertaken with the approbation and at the request of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations; and is chiefly composed from draughts, charts and actual surveys ... great part of which have been lately taken by their Lordships orders, and transmitted to this office by the Governors of the said colonies. John Pownall, Secretary, Plantation Office Feby. 13th 1755. |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/540688 |
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| Identifier | id number: G292:5/2A previous number: G292:5/2A-H |
| Collection | Charts and maps |
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