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MAP #: 262G5

CARTOGRAPHER : GIBSON, JOHN [ENGRAVER]

DATE: 1762

SHORT TITLE : AN ACCURATE MAP OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN Nth. AMERICA

REMAINING TITLE & ID : AS SETTLED BY THE PRELIMINARIES IN 1762. (SQUARE CARTOUCHE, CENTER BOTTOM OF THE MAP). "GENT. MAG." (RIGHT, TOP MARGIN). "J. GIBSON SCULP" (LONGITUDE BORDER OF INSET). INSET ENTITLED "A CHART OF THE ENTRANCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI." (MEASURING 8.5 X 9.1 CM. - BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER WITH A DIFFERENT LONGITUDE SCALE AND AN RF SCALE OF 1-1,560,000). SCALE IN BRITISH STATUTE MILES (ABOVE INSET). LONGITUDE WEST FROM LONDON (TOP BORDER). LONGITUDE WEST FROM FERRO (BOTTOM BORDER). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS). NOTE ABOVE SCALE INDICATES THAT THE SHADED AREA, FORMERLY CLAIMED BY FRANCE AND SPAIN IS CEDED TO GREAT BRITAIN.

DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1762
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : LONDON
PUBLISHER : GENTLEMEN'S MAGAZINE
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 20.9 X 24.3 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : 21.5 X 26.0 CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 20,000,000 (APPROXIMATE)
SCALE - OTHER DATA : 1,700,000 (INSET, APPROXIMATE)
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : G3300 1762 .G5 LOW.457
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : G1399-56
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : BB023-DNT
REGION CATEGORY : THIS MAP IS NOT IMPORTANT TO A MD/CHESAPEAKE COLLECTION (9)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) :
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP.
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : SHOALS ARE SHOWN BY DOTTED LINES.
: NONE IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.
CARTOUCHE : SIMPLE LINE FRAME (2)
BORDER : SIMPLE FUNCTIONAL (5)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : FERRO AND LONDON (11)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : -
BEST INFO SOURCE : PHILLIPS IS THE BEST SOURCE FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THIS MAP APPEARED IN THE DECEMBER 1762 SUPPLEMENT TO GENTLEMEN'S MAGAZINE, 8o, LONDON, FOR D. HENRY, V. 32, P. 603. IT CONTAINS A LARGER SCALE INSET OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE PURPOSE OF THE MAP IS TO SHOW THE AREA CLAIMED BY FRANCE AND SPAIN AND CEDED TO THE BRITISH IN THE PRELIMINARY TREATY OF 1762. THE REPRESENTATION OF MARYLAND AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IS TOO SMALL TO BE OF INTEREST IN A MARYLAND COLLECTION.

THE BORDER WITH DELAWARE IS SHOWN AS A SEMICIRCULAR DOTTED LINE. ANNAPOLIS IS SHOWN, BUT BALTIMORE IS OMITTED. A FAINT DOTTED LINE SHOWS A CRUDE SOUTHERN MARYLAND BORDER.

GIBSON, GEOGRAPAHER, ENGRAVER AND DRAUGHTSMAN, FLOURISHED FROM 1750 TO 1792. HE WORKED WITH THE GENTLEMEN'S MAGAZINE FROM 1758 TO 1763.

DATA IS FROM PHILLIPS MAPS, TOOLEY'S DICTIONARY AND FROM OBSERVATION OF THE COPY IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

EDITION & STATE INFO : THIS MAP APPEARED IN A SINGLE EDITION AND STATE, AS DESCRIBED HEREIN.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A CLEAN, FULL COLOR COPY WITH RELATIVELY NARROW MARGINS. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF BB023-DNT AND A MDHR # OF G1399-56.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : PHILLIPS, PHILIP LEE, A LIST OF MAPS OF AMERICA IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, NEW YORK: BURT FRANKLIN, UNDATED REPRINT OF A LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 1901 PUBLICATION, 579; MATHEWS, EDWARD B., "BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CARTOGRAPHY OF MARYLAND", IN MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, VOL. I, PART IV, BALTIMORE: THE JOHNS HOPKINS PRESS, 1897, 351 (LISTED AS 1763); TOOLEY'S, R. V., TOOLEY'S DICTIONARY OF MAPMAKERS, TRING, HERTFORDSHIRE: MAP COLLECTORS PUBLICATIONS, LTD., 1979, 244; SELLERS, JOHN R. & VAN EE, PATRICIA MOLEN, MAPS AND CHARTS OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES 1750-1789, WASHINGTON: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, 1981, 92; JOLLY, DAVID C., MAPS OF AMERICA IN PERIODICALS BEFORE 1800, BROOKLINE, MASS.: DAVID C. JOLLY, 1989, #190; UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, RESEARCH CATALOG OF MAPS OF AMERICA TO 1860 IN THE WILLIAM L. CLEMENTS LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, DOUGLAS W. MARSHALL, ED., BOSTON: G.K. HALL, 1972, VOL. 1 OF 4, 6, 203(INSET), 384. April 30, 1990


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