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Catalogue reference: WO 78/2420/1
See WO 78/2420/1-6 and WO 78/2420/7-8
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Catalogue reference: WO 78/419/9
This record is about the 'A New Map of the North Part of America claimed by France under ye Names of Louisiana,... dating from 1720 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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'A New Map of the North Part of America claimed by France under ye Names of Louisiana, Mississipi [Mississippi] [sic], Canada and New France with ye Adjoining Territories of England and Spain ...1720'; 'To Thomas Bromsall, Esq; This Map... is most Humbly Dedicated By H. Moll Geographer': covering the area between Newfoundland, Guadeloupe and California, with the limits of [French territory] in blue, [British territory] in yellow and [Spanish territory] in pink; much of the north-western portion of the map is labelled as 'Parts Unknown'. Various reference notes. Decorative border surrounding the title; dedication in a decorative cartouche with a coat of arms. Scale: 1 inch to about 90 miles at 40°N; (scale not constant because of the projection). Compass indicator. Mercator's projection. Partly based on French maps and maps by Captain Nairn, Mr Blackmore and Mr Berisford; [published and] sold by Herman Moll, and by Thomas Bowles, John Bowles and John King. Insets: (i) view of a Native American fort on the Susquehanna River; (ii) map of Annapolis Royal harbour, Nova Scotia; (iii) map of the mouths of the Mississippi River and the Mobile (now Alabama) River.
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