The American atlas, or, A geographical description of the whole continent of America : wherein are delineated at large, its several regions, countries, states, and islands, and chiefly the British colonies, composed from numerous surveys, several of which were made by order of government / by Capt. Holland, Capt. Carver, Lewis Evans, William Scull, Henry Mouzon, Lieut. Ross, J. Cook, Michael Lane, Joseph Gilbert, Gardner, Hillock, &c. &c. ; engraved on forty-eight copper-plates by the late Mr. Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King, and others.

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Jefferys, Thomas, -1771, The American atlas, or, A geographical description of the whole continent of America , MDCCLXXVI [1776]

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Creator:: Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Title(s):: The American atlas, or, A geographical description of the whole continent of America : wherein are delineated at large, its several regions, countries, states, and islands, and chiefly the British colonies, composed from numerous surveys, several of which were made by order of government / by Capt. Holland, Capt. Carver, Lewis Evans, William Scull, Henry Mouzon, Lieut. Ross, J. Cook, Michael Lane, Joseph Gilbert, Gardner, Hillock, &c. &c. ; engraved on forty-eight copper-plates by the late Mr. Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King, and others.
Published/Created:: London : Printed and sold by R. Sayer and J. Bennett, map and print sellers, No. 53, Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXVI [1776]
Physical Description:: 1 atlas ([2] leaves, [57] leaves of plates (some folded)) : 29 maps ; 54 cm (folio)
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio B 2024 13
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/251576
Classification:: Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:: Scales differ.
Notes:: English short title catalogue, N51155
BAC Folio B 2024 13: Maps have outline coloring. Bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards.
Subject Terms:: America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:: Atlases.
Contributors:: Holland, Samuel, 1728–1801, cartographer.
Mouzon, Henry, cartographer.
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697–1782, cartographer.
Scull, William, active 1765, cartographer.
Green, John, -1757, cartographer.
Pownall, Thomas, 1722–1805, cartographer.
Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694–1767, cartographer.
Dunn, Samuel, -1794, cartographer.
Brasier, William, cartographer.
Cook, James, 1728–1779, cartographer.
Lane, Michael, active 1768–1784, cartographer.
Fry, Joshua, approximately 1700–1754, cartographer.
Jefferson, Peter, 1708–1757, cartographer.
Cruz Cano y Olmedilla, Juan de la, -1790, cartographer.
Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), printer, bookseller.
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Contents, from index leaf: 1-3. North and South America ...
4. The Russian Discoveries, previous to the year 1763 ...
5-6. North-America ...
7. The continent of North America
8. The British Empire in North America ...
9. The River St. Laurence ...
10. The Gulf of St. Laurence ...
11. The Island of St. John, in the Gulf of St. Laurence ...
12. The island of Newfoundland ...
13. The banks of Newfoundland
14. Nova Scotia, and Cape Breton ...
15-16. New England ...
17. New-York, and New-Jersey ...
18. The Province of Quebec ... 19. Pennsylvania ...
20-21. Virginia and Maryland ...
22-23. North and South Carolina ...
24. Florida east and west ...
25. The River Missisippi [sic] ...
26. The Bay of Honduras ... 27-28. South-America ... 29. The Straights of Magellan ...

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