COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
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Accession Number:
29434
accession_number
29434
Accession Number
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File Name:
29434
file_name
29434
File Name
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Call number:
Cabinet C733 /1
call_number
Cabinet C733 /1
Call number
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Map title:
A Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto
map_title
A Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto
Map title
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Place of Publication:
[London]
place_of_publication
[London]
Place of Publication
false
Publication date:
[1733]
publication_date
[1733]
Publication date
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Map size height:
49.8 cm.
map_size_height
49.8 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
48.6 cm.
map_size_width
48.6 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
engraving, hand coloring
item_description
engraving, hand coloring
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map showing eastern part of North America to the northern part of South America. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, sea banks, topographical details, and compass rose. Decorative cartouche includes native American with alligator, monkeys, maize, scene of harbor with goods being loaded onto ships. Four insets of Niagara Falls, Mexico City, Quebec City, and New York City at top. At right are 18 small insets of harbors. Decorative elements include scene of naval warfare and ships.
geographical_description
Map showing eastern part of North America to the northern part of South America. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, sea banks, topographical details, and compass rose. Decorative cartouche includes native American with alligator, monkeys, maize, scene of harbor with goods being loaded onto ships. Four insets of Niagara Falls, Mexico City, Quebec City, and New York City at top. At right are 18 small insets of harbors. Decorative elements include scene of naval warfare and ships.
Geographical description
false
Cartobibliographic notes:
This map is state 1 of the key map for Popple's 20-sheet map of North America, the first large-scale map of North America. It was the first map to show all thirteen colonies of the British in North America. The information in the map was based on Popple's work at the Board of Trade and Plantations in London.
cartobibliographic_notes
This map is state 1 of the key map for Popple's 20-sheet map of North America, the first large-scale map of North America. It was the first map to show all thirteen colonies of the British in North America. The information in the map was based on Popple's work at the Board of Trade and Plantations in London.
Cartobibliographic notes
false
References:
Schwartz, S.I. Mapping of America, p. 151-152; Babinski, M. Henry Popple's 1733 map, p.12, 60; http://www.davidrum… image no. (Nov. 2007)
references
Schwartz, S.I. Mapping of America, p. 151-152; Babinski, M. Henry Popple's 1733 map, p.12, 60; http://www.davidrumsey.com/view.html, image no. (Nov. 2007)
References
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Geographic Area:
North America
geographic_area
North America
Geographic Area
false
Normalized date:
1733
normalized_date
1733
Normalized date
false
Creator:
William Henry Toms
creator
William Henry Toms
Creator
false
Creator:
Henry Popple
creator
Henry Popple
Creator
false