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.
Alternate 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)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scales differ.
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially.
Contents:
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.
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.