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Repository | Outer Banks History Center |
Title | Amerique Septentrionale |
Date Published | 1756 |
Date Depicted | 1755 |
Creator - Individual |
Mitchell, John, 1711-1768. Le Rouge, Georges-Louis. |
Place of Publication | Paris |
Publisher | Georges Louis Le Rouge. |
Caption | Below French title: "avec les Routes, Distances en miles, Villages et Etablissements Francois et Anglois. Par Le Docteur Mitchel. Traduit de l'Anglois a Paris Par le Rouge Ingr. Geographe du Roy, Rue des Grands Augustins 1756." Below German title: "So Doctor Michel zu London im 1755 ten jahr ausgegeben jetzt aber in das franzosische ubersetzet. zu Paris. durch G. le Rouge jn der grosen augustiner Strasse 1756. Nota. Francreich besitzet was grun und blau ist Egland hat das Gelbe und Will das grune darzuhaben." |
Abstract | Hand colored print. The title appears in both French and German. Relief shown pictorially. The map portrays the British and French possessions in North America. In addition to political subdivisions, the map shows roads, gives the locations of Indian tribes, and contains extensive notes on the settlement and nature of the country. Shows county names but not boundaries. A map appears as an inset in the upper left corner of the map: "Nouvelle Carte de la Baye D'Hudson et de Labrador selon les dernieres Cartes Levees sur les lieux." Includes text and decorative cartouche. Prime meridian: London. |
Bibliographic Note | Two of the eight sheets of this map are lacking. This map was formerly classified as 33 MAP-O-33. This map was compiled by John Mitchell with the aid of the maps and geographical reports of the British Board of Trade made available to him through his friendship with George Dunk, Earl of Halifax, president of the board. |
Reference | William Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps, Third Edition. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. Map 293.;Walter Ristow, Ed. John Mitchell's Map of the British and French Dominions in North America. A la Carte: Selected Papers on Map and Atlases. Washington: Library of Congress, 1972. |
Related Item | Second impression of the second French edition of: Mitchell, John. A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America. Published in: LeRouge, Georges Louis. Atlas general. Paris: 1756. |
OCLC | 9505101 |
Related Maps | Cm912 1756m |
Map Type | General |
Details |
Colors Decorative Illustrations Forts Lakes Legends Mines and Mineral Deposits Mountains Native American settlements Roads |
Subject - Geographic |
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800. Southern States--Maps--Early works to 1800. Great Britain--Colonies--America--Maps--Early works to 1800. France--Colonies--America--Maps--Early works to 1800. |
Subject - Topical |
Colonial cities--Southern States--Maps--Early works to 1800. Indians of North America--Southern States--Maps--Early works to 1800. Tuscarora Indians--North Carolina--Maps--Early works to 1800. |
Subject (tgm) |
Barrels Corn Indigenous peoples Nets Monsters Palms Putti Ships Waterfalls |
Places Depicted |
United States Bermuda Canada |
West Longitude | -96.6893 |
East Longitude | -52.3168 |
North Latitude | 53.0174 |
South Latitude | 28.3215 |
Scale | 1:2,000,000 |
Size | 134.6 x 193.7 cm. |
Medium | Paper |
Format | Maps |
Language |
French German |
Digital Collection | North Carolina Maps |
Institution | North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources |
Sponsor | North Carolina Maps is made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina. |
Call Number | MC.150.1755m;MARS Id 3.3.642 |
Copyright | This item is presented courtesy of the Outer Banks History Center, State Archives of North Carolina, for research and educational purposes. Prior permission from the State Archives is required for any commercial use. |
Type | Image |
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