File:A map of the king of Great Britain's dominions in Europe, Africa and America.jpg

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English: The map depicts the Atlantic basin, including the western portions of Europe and Africa, eastern North America, and the Caribbean. A combination of coloring and underlining are used to indicate British possessions, both present and “ancient.” Extensive notes in the spandrels provide details on territorial claims in Newfoundland, St. Helena, and Germany, as well as English “factories and settlements” in Asia. A comparison with old-color examples suggests that on this impression a modern colorist has erroneously added color to Cape Breton Island and Portugal.
The map is undated, but has been assigned various dates of 1740 (American Antiquarian Society), 1752 (John Carter Brown), and even “1759-1763?” (Wisconsin Historical Society). The conservative coloring in North America, confining British territory east of the Appalachians, certainly allows us to date it to before the 1763 Treaty of Paris. It is also possible that the map could be more tightly dated by closer review of the Asian factories and settlements listed at lower right.
Date Somewhere between 1740 and 1763
Source https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/brm2067-bowen-kings-dominions-ca-1740-3000x2433.jpg
Author Emanuel Bowen

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