Item
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Catalogue reference: WO 78/2420/1
See WO 78/2420/1-6 and WO 78/2420/7-8
Item
'A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye Continent...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/419/8
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 78/419/8
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1715
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Description (What the record is about)
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'A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye Continent of North America ...'; 'To the Honourable Walter Dowglass Esqr. Constituted Captain General and Chief Governor of all ye Leeward Islands... This Map is most Humbly Dedicated by your most Humble Servant Herman Moll Geogr. 1715': covering the area (now in the United States of America and Canada) between James Bay in the north-west, Newfoundland in the north-east, and Port Royal, South Carolina, in the south. Various reference notes. Dedication in a decorative cartouche, with a coat of arms. View of Niagara Falls, with beavers building dams. Scale: 1 inch to about 50 miles. Compass indicator. Printed and sold by Thomas Bowles, John Bowles, and [John] King.
Insets: (i) Continuation southwards to Florida and the mouth of the Saint Louis (now Mississippi) River; scale: 1 inch to about 150 miles. (ii) 'A Map of the Improved part of Carolina with the Settlements & c.': covering the area between the Sanee River and Saint Helena Sound, showing counties and parishes; reference table to numbered settlements; scale: 1 inch to about 5 miles; compass indicator. (iii) Map of Charleston, South Carolina; scale: 1 inch to about 2 furlongs; compass indicator. (iv) Map of North and Central America [distinguishing British, French and Spanish possessions].
Due to its decoration, this map is commonly known as the 'Beaver Map'.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:3168000
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Engraved, with MS colouring
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9448140/
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War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans
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