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)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scales differ.
Notes:
English short title catalogue, N51155
Contents:
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 ...
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.