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Map: 'North America From the French of Mr. D'Auville Improved with the Back Settlements...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/1411
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FO 925/1411
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1755 May
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Map: 'North America From the French of Mr. D'Auville Improved with the Back Settlements of Virginia and Course of Ohio. Illustrated with Geographical and Historical Remarks'. Title in rococo cartouche. Key to English, French and Spanish settlements. Scale: 1 inch to about 104 miles. Notes on English title to settlements and French encroachments. Compass rose. Published by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the Prince of Wales, near Charing Cross.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Engraved, coloured
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 62
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Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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