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British North America

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Title
British North America
Names
Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873 (Cartographer)
Hudson's Bay Company (Dedicatee)
Collection

Maps of North America

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Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1842-04-25
Place: London
Publisher: J. Arrowsmith
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-11493
Topics
Canada
North America
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Funding: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Exhibitions: Exhibited in Heading West: Mapping the Territory, 2001, No. 32.
Content: Covers North America as far south as Cape Hatteras, N.C., and Monterey, Calif.
Content: "By permission dedicated to the Honble. Hudsons Bay Company, containing the latest information which their documents furnish, by their obedient servant J. Arrowsmith."
Content: Appears in Arrowsmith's London atlas of universal geography.
Content: In lower right corner: 40.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 48 x 63 cm
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 50642226
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15502248
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 996b8380-c52a-012f-cd35-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1790: Creator Born
  • 1842: Issued
  • 1873: Creator Died
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "British North America" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1842-04-25. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f4e0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "British North America" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 29, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f4e0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1842-04-25). British North America Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f4e0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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British North America