Collection: Osher Collection

Name: A New Map of Nova Scotia and Cape Britain. With adjacent parts of New England and Canada, Composed from a great number of actual surveys and other materials Regulated by many new Astronomical Observations of the Longitude as well as Latitude: with an Explanation.

Barcode: 684

Image Number: 684.0001

Creator: Jefferys, Thomas, 1710-1771

From Atlas: No

Publishing Location: London

Notes: Ghostly, faded, upside down print of map underneath actual map. Bottom right corner: "1755 Published according to Act of Parliament by Thos. Jefferys Geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at the corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross, London.

Brief Description: Map of New England and the Maritime Provinces showing the locations of Native American tribes, French forts, and banks and shoals.

Physical Description: 1 map: hand colored

Publisher: Jefferys, Thomas, 1710-1771

Date/Date Range Produced: 1755

Date/Date Range Published: 1755

Language: English

Region Depicted: CanadaMaineMaritime ProvincesMassachusettsNew EnglandNew HampshireNova ScotiaTurtle IslandVermont

Map Type: GeographicalPolitical maps

Dimensions: 47 x 61 cm on sheet 49 x 64.5 cm

Printing Process: Engraving

Printing Technique: Copper

Material Type: Paper

OCLC: 5409021

Donor: Osher

Subjects: CanadaCartouches, Ornamental (Decorative arts)Colonial AmericaDriftwoodFishing netsFortificationIndians of North AmericaIndigenous peoplesMaineMaps--Early works to 1800Maritime ProvincesMassachusettsNative AmericansNew EnglandNew HampshireNova Scotia (Canada)Quebec (Province)Sailing shipsTreesVermont

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/684.0001