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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 / engraved on forty-eight copper-plates, by the late Mr. Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King, and others.
Additional Title(s):
Geographical description of the whole continent of America
Published/Created:
London : Printed and sold by R. Sayer and J. Bennett, map and print sellers, no. 53, Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXV [1775]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([2] leaves, [57] leaves of plates (some folded)) : 29 maps ; 58 cm (folio)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio B 2024 12
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scales differ.
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially.
List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 1165
English short title catalogue, N29928
Folio B 2024 12: Maps have outline coloring. Bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards.
Subject Terms:
America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Atlases.
Contributors:
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697–1782, cartographer.
Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, comte, 1729–1811, associated name.
Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694–1767, cartographer.
Byron, John, 1723–1786, cartographer.
Wallis, Samuel, 1728–1795, cartographer.
Carteret, Philip, -1796, cartographer.
Chabert, Joseph Bernard, marquis de, 1724–1805, surveyor.
Cook, James, 1728–1779, surveyor.
Cruz Cano y Olmedilla, Juan de la, -1790, cartographer.
Dunn, Samuel, -1794, cartographer.
Fleurieu, C. P. Claret (Charles Pierre Claret), comte de, 1738–1810, surveyor.
Fry, Joshua, approximately 1700–1754, cartographer.
Gibson, J. (John), active 1750–1792, map engraver.
Green, John, -1757, cartographer.
Holland, Samuel, 1728–1801, cartographer.
Jefferson, Peter, 1708–1757, cartographer.
Lane, Michael, active 1768–1784, surveyor.
Mouzon, Henry, surveyor, cartographer.
Ross, John, active 1762–1789, cartographer.
Scull, William, active 1765, cartographer.
Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), printer.
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  • Maps: 1-3. A Chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia
  • 4. The Russian Discoveries
  • 5 & 6. An Accurate Map of North America Describing and distinguishing the British and Spanish Dominions ...
  • 7. North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville
  • 8. A Map of the British Empire in North America
  • 9. An Exact Chart of the River St. Laurence from Fort Frontenac to the Island of Anticosti
  • 10. A Chart of the Gulf of St. Laurence ...
  • 11. A Map of the Island of St. John in the Gulf of St. Laurence
  • 12. A General Chart of the Island of Newfoundland
  • 13. A Chart of the Banks of Newfoundland
  • 14. A New Map of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island with the adjacent parts of New England and Canada
  • 15 & 16. A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of New England
  • 17. The Provinces of New York and New Jersey; with part of Pensilvania and the Province of Quebec
  • 18. A general Map of the Middle British Colonies in America
  • 19. A Map of Pennsylvania Exhibiting not only the Improved Parts of the Province but also its Extensive Frontiers
  • 20 & 21. A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of Virginia containing the whole Province of Maryland with Part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina
  • 22 & 23. An Accurate Map of North and South Carolina with their Indian Frontiers
  • 24. The Coast of West Florida and Louisiana
  • 25. Course of the River Mississipi ... Taken from the Expedition to Illinois in the latter end of the year 1765
  • 26. The Bay of Honduras
  • 27 & 28. A Map of South America ...
  • 29. A Chart of the Straits of Magellan.

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