The American military pocket atlas : being an approved collection of correct maps, both general and particular, of the British colonies ; especially those which now are, or probably may be the theatre of war : taken principally from the actual surveys and judicious observations of Engineers de Brahm and Romans ; Cook, Jackson, and Collet ; Maj. Holland, and other officers, employed in His Majesty's fleets and armies.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennet, Map and Print-Sellers, (No. 53) Fleet-street, [1776]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([3], vi-viii, [2] pages, [6] folded leaves of plates) : maps ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scales differ.
Notes:
Two states noted: in one, there is a colon after "London" in the imprint; in the other, the colon is lacking.
Contents:
Contents (from individual maps): 1. North America, as divided amongst the European powers / by Samuel Dunn ... (1774, 31 x 45 cm) -- 2. A compleat map of the West Indies, containing the coasts of Florida, Louisiana, New Spain, and terra firma : with all the islands / by Samuel Dunn ... (1774, 40 x 45 cm) -- 3. A general map of the northern British colonies in America, which comprehends the province of Quebec, the government of Newfoundland, Nova-Scotia, New-England and New-York ... (1776, 48 x 66 cm) -- 4. A general map of middle British colonies, in America, containing Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware counties, Pennsylvania and New Jersey : with the addition of New York, and of the greatest part of New England ...(1776, 48 x 65 cm.) -- 5. A general map of the southern British colonies in America, comprehending North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, with the neighbouring Indian countries ... / by B. Romans (1776, 50 x 64 cm) -- 6. Brassier, W.A survey of Lake Champlain, including Lake George, Crown Point and St. John ... / by William Brassier, draughtsman (1762, 65 x 48 cm).
Subject Terms:
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775–1783 -- Maps. | North America -- Maps -- To 1900.
Form/Genre:
Atlases. | Military maps. | Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1776.
Contributors:
Romans, Bernard, 1741?-approximately 1784, cartographer. | Brasier, William, cartographer. | Dunn, Samuel, -1794, cartographer. | Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), publisher, bookseller.