COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
06128
File Name:
06128-1
Call number:
D778 C331t
Map title:
A New Map of North America, From the Latest Discoveries 1778
Place of Publication:
[London]
Publisher:
[J. Carver, J. Walter, S. Crowder]
Publication date:
1778
Map size height:
33.2 cm.
Map size width:
36 cm.
Item description:
fold-out engraved map; frontispiece
Geographical description:
Map of North America with the northwestern part blank. Geographical elements include locations of settlements and native American tribes, names of rivers, lines of latitude and longitude, sea banks, scale, and some topographical details.
Source author:
Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780
Source title:
Travels through the interior parts of North-America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768
Source place:
London : Printed for the author; and sold by J. Walter, at Charing-Cross, and S. Crowder, in Paternoster Row., M DCC LXXVIII
Geographic Area:
North America
Historical notes:
Carver was the first Englishman to undertake an exploration of the west. His purpose was to map the land, to befriend the native Americans, and to discover the Northwest Passage. His journey began in 1766 and, in some ways, was the precursor of the Lewis and Clark expedition; his book was the first popular American travel book.Also attributed tentatively to John Coakley Lettsom, known to be involved with the work at least in the capacity of editor.
Normalized date:
1778
A New Map of North America, From the Latest Discoveries 1778
