Map showing the communication of the lakes and the rivers between Lake Superior and Slave Lake in North America
Description:
"Gent. Mag. March 1790, Pl. I, p. 197" in upper right hand corner., Mounted on linen. Sheet measures 20.7 x 24.3 cm. Cross Collection no. 178., Prime meridian: London., and Relief shown by hachures.
Publisher:
s.n., 1790?]
Subject (Geographic):
Canada--Maps--Early works to 1800 and North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
New and accurat map of the world and New and accurate map of the world
Description:
Attributed to Robert Walton; based on a map by John Speed., From Denis Petau's History of the world (1659)., Includes insets of "The heavens and elements," "The eclipse of the sunn," "A figure of the spheare," and "The eclipse of the moone," 2 celestial hemispheres, historical notes, and illustrations., Relief shown pictorially., Shows California as an island., and Watermark.
Subject (Name):
Petau, Denis, 1583-1652 and Speed, John, 1552?-1629
The English pilot: describing the West-India navigation, from Hudson's-Bay to the river Amazones
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Subject (Geographic):
Africa --Maps --Early works to 1800, Antarctic Ocean --Maps, Atlantic Ocean --Maps --Early works to 1800, Europe --Maps --Early works to 1800, North America --Maps --Early works to 1800, and South America --Maps --Early works to 1800
Subject (Topic):
Navigation --Early works to 1800, Pilot guides --Atlantic Coast (U.S.) --Early works to 1800, and Pilot guides --Caribbean Area --Early works to 1800
Collection Created:
London : Printed for W. and J. Mount, T. Page and son, on Tower-Hill, MDCCLIX [1759]
The English pilot: describing the West-India navigation, from Hudson's-Bay to the river Amazones
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Subject (Geographic):
Atlantic Ocean --Maps --Early works to 1800, Cuba --Maps --Early works to 1800, Haiti --Maps --Early works to 1800, Hispaniola --Maps --Early works to 1800, Jamaica --Maps --Early works to 1800, and West Indies --Maps --Early works to 1800
Subject (Topic):
Navigation --Early works to 1800, Pilot guides --Atlantic Coast (U.S.) --Early works to 1800, and Pilot guides --Caribbean Area --Early works to 1800
Collection Created:
London : Printed for W. and J. Mount, T. Page and son, on Tower-Hill, MDCCLIX [1759]