Collection: Osher Sheet Map Collection

Title: A Chart of ye North part of America. For Hudsons Bay Comonly called ye North West Passage. By John Thornton Hidrographer at the Platt in the Minories

Barcode: 521

Creator: Thornton, John, 1641-1708

Publisher: Thornton, John, 1641-1708

Region Depicted: New England · Connecticut · Rhode Island · Massachusetts · Vermont · New Hampshire · Maine · Eastern Canada · Ontario · Que?bec (Province) · Newfoundland and Labrador · Nova Scotia · Maritime Provinces · Hudson Bay · Greenland · New York (State)

Date Produced: 1689

Date Published: 1689

Language: English

Subjects: New England · Connecticut · Rhode Island · Massachusetts · Vermont · New Hampshire · Maine · Canada, Eastern · Ontario · Newfoundland and Labrador · Nova Scotia · Maritime Provinces · Hudson Bay · Greenland · New York (State) · Thornton, John, 1641-1708 · Nautical chart · Coasts · Colonial America · Maps--Early works to 1800 · New France ·

Map Type: Nautical charts

Dimensions: 53 x 43 cm.

Printing Process: Engraving

Printing Technique: Copper

Material Type: Paper

Notes: From: The English Pilot, Fourth Book (1689)

Brief Description: Nautical chart showing the coasts of New England and Eastern Canada, including Hudson Bay. Chart is oriented with North at the right and has rhumb lines. Soundings and banks are shown.

Physical Description: 1 map: uncolored, illustrated

Theme: From Colonies to Local Control: Mapping North America, 1494 to 1867

Associated Cartouche: Cartouche, 1689, A Chart of ye North part of America. For Hudsons Bay Comonly called ye North West Passage. By John Thornton Hidrographer at the Platt in the Minories

Associated Map Imagery: Coat of Arms, 1689, A Chart of ye North part of America. For Hudsons Bay Comonly called ye North West Passage. By John Thornton Hidrographer at the Platt in the Minories, Ship 1, 1689, A Chart of ye North part of America. For Hudsons Bay Comonly called ye North West Passage. By John Thornton Hidrographer at the Platt in the Minories, Ship 2, 1689, A Chart of ye North part of America. For Hudsons Bay Comonly called ye North West Passage. By John Thornton Hidrographer at the Platt in the Minories

Collection/Donor: Osher

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/521.0001