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America: 'A New and Accurate Map of Louisiana, with Part of Florida and Canada, and...

Catalogue reference: FO 925/1841

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This record is about the America: 'A New and Accurate Map of Louisiana, with Part of Florida and Canada, and... dating from 1752 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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FO 925/1841
Date
1752
Description

America: 'A New and Accurate Map of Louisiana, with Part of Florida and Canada, and the Adjacent Countries'. Shows the area east of 105°W with roads, missions, native American Indian territories. Title in a baroque cartouche, beside which is drawn a standing native American Indian holding a bow. Note on authorities consulted in compilation. Scale: 1 inch to about 132 miles. Compass rose. 'Drawn from Surveys, assisted by the most approved English and French Maps and Charts ... regulated by Astronological Observations'. By Emanuel Bowen.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Dimensions
45 cm x 54 cm
Physical condition
Engraved
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 2010
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3818405/

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