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.
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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