COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
15468
accession_number
15468
Accession Number
false
File Name:
15468-001
file_name
15468-001
File Name
false
Call number:
Cabinet B755 3.1
call_number
Cabinet B755 3.1
Call number
false
Map title:
[Sheet 1: Great Lakes]
map_title
[Sheet 1: Great Lakes]
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
London
place_of_publication
London
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
Publish'd by the author ... and sold by And: Millar
publisher
Publish'd by the author ... and sold by And: Millar
Publisher
false
Publication date:
1755
publication_date
1755
Publication date
false
Map size height:
74 cm.
map_size_height
74 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
54 cm.
map_size_width
54 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
Engraved map; 1 map on 8 sheets
item_description
Engraved map; 1 map on 8 sheets
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Sheet with the Great Lakes, includes Canada and the midwest. Includes text describing corrections, table of astronomical observations, notes and inset "A new map of Hudson's Bay and Labrador from the late surveys of those coasts." Shows Indian lands and villages. "Explanation" of symbols to left of title
geographical_description
Sheet with the Great Lakes, includes Canada and the midwest. Includes text describing corrections, table of astronomical observations, notes and inset "A new map of Hudson's Bay and Labrador from the late surveys of those coasts." Shows Indian lands and villages. "Explanation" of symbols to left of title
Geographical description
false
Source author:
Mitchell, John, 1711-1768
source_author
Mitchell, John, 1711-1768
Source author
false
Source title:
A map of the British and French dominions in North America with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements, humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Halifax, and the other Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations /by their Lordships most obliged and very humble servant, Jno. Mitchell
source_title
A map of the British and French dominions in North America with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements, humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Halifax, and the other Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations /by their Lordships most obliged and very humble servant, Jno. Mitchell
Source title
false
Source place:
[London] Publish'd by the author ... and sold by And Millar, 1755
source_place
[London] Publish'd by the author ... and sold by And Millar, 1755
Source place
false
Cartobibliographic notes:
Relief shown pictorially. Revised state of the plate, spelling of "Millar" and "Katharine" corrected. At lower right: "Tho: Kitchin, sculp., C. lerkenwell Green." Prime meridian: London.
cartobibliographic_notes
Relief shown pictorially. Revised state of the plate, spelling of "Millar" and "Katharine" corrected. At lower right: "Tho: Kitchin, sculp., C. lerkenwell Green." Prime meridian: London.
Cartobibliographic notes
false
References:
Stevens & Tree, no. 54(b); Cumming, Southeast, no. 293; Ristow, "John Mitchell's map," p. 109 (1st ed. 3d. impression); WLCL 2:88; BMPM 1/443
references
Stevens & Tree, no. 54(b); Cumming, Southeast, no. 293; Ristow, "John Mitchell's map," p. 109 (1st ed. 3d. impression); WLCL 2:88; BMPM 1/443
References
false
Geographic Area:
North America
geographic_area
North America
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
"This map was undertaken with the approbation and at the request of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations; and is chiefly composed from draughts, charts and actual surveys of different parts of His Majesties colonies and plantations in America ... John Pownall, Secretary."
historical_notes
"This map was undertaken with the approbation and at the request of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations; and is chiefly composed from draughts, charts and actual surveys of different parts of His Majesties colonies and plantations in America ... John Pownall, Secretary."
Historical notes
false
Scale 1:
[ca. 1:2,000,000]
scale_1
[ca. 1:2,000,000]
Scale 1
false
Normalized date:
1755
normalized_date
1755
Normalized date
false
LC bibliographic number:
b51931850
lc_bibliographic_number
b51931850
LC bibliographic number
false
Creator:
Mitchell, John, 1711-1768
creator
Mitchell, John, 1711-1768
Creator
false