Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767 Gibson, J. (John) Overton, Henry, fl. 1706-1764 Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Published / Created:
[between 1755 and 1775?]
Call Number:
2003 Folio 85
Image Count:
1
Description:
BEIN 2003 Folio 85: No. 4 of 45 maps bound together with binder's spine title: Atlas of America; ms. table of contents. Bookplate of Paul Mellon., by Eman. Bowen, geogr. to His Majesty, and John Gibson, engraver., Hand-colored., Includes text and insets of A particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay and The passage by land to California, discovered by Father Eusebius Francis Kino ...., Relief shown pictorially., Scale [ca. 1:5,500,000]., and Shows boundaries, cities and towns, roads, forts, missions, some industries, trails, trade routes, portages, and vegetation. Also shows Indian villages and tribal territories, routes of navigation in the Gulf of Mexico, and navigational hazards along the coast.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824
Published / Created:
1775?-1781?]
Call Number:
1983 Folio 25
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Abstract:
A made-up collection of charts, plans and views, partly hand colored, from the Atlantic Neptune comprising [v. 1]: the charts of the South East Coast of Nova Scotia, with the title page of The charts of the coast and harbors of New England, 1781 bound in front (31 items, dated between 1777 and 1781). [v. 2]: Charts of the coast and harbours in the Gulph and river of St. Lawrence, 1780, including the charts of the coast of New England (36 items, dated between 1775 and 1781). [v. 3]: Charts of several harbours and divers parts of the coast of North America from New York south westwards to the Gulph of Mexico, 1780, including some 16 charts belonging to the New England part of the work (35 items, dated between 1776 and 1781). General title page wanting.