The North American atlas : selected from the most authentic maps, charts, plans, &c. hitherto published.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for William Faden ..., MDCCLXXVII [1777, i.e. 1778]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([74] leaves, some folded) : 40 maps ; 56 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scales differ.
Notes:
Maps chiefly published and engraved by William Faden. Some are published by Thomas Jefferys and printed and sold by Robert Sayer and John Bennett.
Contents:
Contents, from manuscript contents leaf: No. 1. British colonies in North America -- 2. Coast of Labradore -- 3. Canada -- 4. City & environs of Quebec -- 5. Gulf of St. Lawrance -- 6. Island of Newfoundland -- 7. Island of St. John's -- 7. [laid in] A plan of the island of St. John's -- 8. Nova Scotia -- 9-10. New England, two parts -- 11. Environs & harbour of Boston -- 12. Town of Boston -- 13. Action on Bunkers Hill -- 14. Rhode Island -- 15. Town of Newport -- 16. New York -- 17. Course of Hudson's River & the lakes -- 18. Action on Lake Champlain -- 19. Action on White Plains -- 20. Action on Long Island -- 20. [laid in] Plan of the city of New York -- 21. Attack of Fort Washington -- 22-23. City & environs of New York -- 24. New Jersey -- 25. Action at Trenton -- 26. Pennsylvania -- 27. Battle of Brandywine -- 28. Camp at Trudruffin -- 29. Chart of Delaware Bay & River -- 29. [laid in] A plan of the attack on Fort Sulivan -- 30. Operations on the Delaware -- 31. Environs of Philadelphia -- 32-33. Virginia & Maryland, two parts -- 34-35. Nth. & Sth. Carolina, two parts -- 36. Attack of Fort Sulivan -- 37. Et. & Wt. Florida -- 38. Town of St. Augustine -- 39. Amelia Island -- 40. Carribbee Islands.
Subject Terms:
North America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775–1783 -- Maps. | Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Maps.
Form/Genre:
Atlases. | Composite atlases. | Early maps. | Nautical charts.
Contributors:
Lane, Michael, active 1768–1784, surveyor. | Sauthier, Claude Joseph, surveyor. | Jefferys, Thomas, -1771, cartographer. | Blaskowitz, Charles, surveyor. | Ratzer, Bernard, surveyor. | Mouzon, Henry, surveyor. | Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), printer, bookseller. | Jefferys & Faden (London, England), publisher.