File:A new & accurate map of North America - drawn from the most authentic modern maps and charts - by Thos. Bowen. NYPL434039.tiff

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Description A new & accurate map of North America : drawn from the most authentic modern maps and charts / by Thos. Bowen.
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"Engraved for Middletons Complete system of geography." Note 2.) Bancroft Collection. Note 3.) Includes some historical notes. Note 4.) National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. Note 5.) Prime meridian: London. Note 6.) Probably from Charles Theodore Middleton's A new and complete system of geography.
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1 map ; 25 x 42 cm.
Catalog Call Number
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Map Div. 01-5228 [Filed with North America, 1750?, as originally cataloged in NYPL Dictionary catalog of the Map Division]
Date circa 1778
date QS:P,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?imageID=434039

institution QS:P195,Q219555
Author Bowen, Thomas, d. 1790 -- Cartographer
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From The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division. Released on a CC0 license.[1]
Digital ID
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434039
Location
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Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
NYPL digital item published
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2-3-2004; updated 3-25-2011


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