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A new & accurate map of North America including Nootka Sound : with the new discovered islands on the north east coast of Asia Bowen Thomas, -1790

Description

34,214,400, (E 140 degrees-E 0 degrees/N80 degrees-N0 degrees)

Copper engraving, hand colored, showing boundaries of Mexican states (with red border), and colonies on the east coast, territories of First Nations peoples (for instance, Inuit), as well as key names identified with Cook's voyage on the west coast. Border colored yellow.

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Title
A new & accurate map of North America including Nootka Sound : with the new discovered islands on the north east coast of Asia
Alternate Title
New and accurate map of North America including Nootka Sound : with the new discovered islands on the north east coast of Asia
Creator
Bowen Thomas, -1790
Contributor
Cooke, Charles, printer; Bankes, Thomas, 1744-
Publisher
[London] : Published as the Act directs, by C. Cooke, No. 17 Paternoster Row
Date Created
[1790?]
Description
34,214,400, (E 140 degrees-E 0 degrees/N80 degrees-N0 degrees)

Copper engraving, hand colored, showing boundaries of Mexican states (with red border), and colonies on the east coast, territories of First Nations peoples (for instance, Inuit), as well as key names identified with Cook's voyage on the west coast. Border colored yellow.
Extent
1 map : colour ; 24.5 x 41 cm
Subject
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800; Asia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Genre
Maps
Type
Text
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Notes
Prime meridian: London. Watermark: fleur de lys in the Atlantic, VI in the Pacific. Originally folded in 3, from: A. Bankes's A new, royal, and authentic system of geography, p. 494.
Identifier
G3300 1790z .B68; G3300_1790z_B68
Collection
UBC Library Digitization Centre Special Projects
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. G3300 1790z .B68
Date Available
2015
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/
Catalogue Record
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=5031631
AIPUUID
c43f51e6-198b-4b95-933c-218d4219eaeb
FileUUID
687eda6a-eb09-4a46-a72b-f3c56b2b5f90
DOI
10.14288/1.0065904
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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/