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Title	North America
Publisher	John Thomson & Co.
Place of Publication	London
Date	1814
Publisher Transcription	Drawn and engraved for Thomsons New General Atlas 1814. N. R. Hewitt sc, 10 Broad St., Bloomsb'y, London.
Physical description	1 map ; outline col. ; 50 x 60 cm., sheet 53 x 65 cm.
Geographic Area	North America North America
Scale	Scale [1:14,600,000]
Coordinates	W 180°--W 15°/N 80°--N 25°
Depiction date	1814
Notes	Kashnor notes, "Shows the western coast from old California to Alaska and Icy Cape, locating Port Vancouver, San Francisco, Monterey, and other California towns; also shows the Missouri and its tributaries from Lewis' map. Locates all the forts of the company in Hudson Bay territory." Note "Longitude West of Greenwich" is shown on the map, but the 0° longitude line is at 180° and values proceed eastward from that point. Unexplained crosses along coastline from Cape Mendocino northward. Upper right, partial sticker "No. -". Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 562.
Call Number	093:562 M
Engraver	Hewitt, N. R.
Provenance	Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, April, 1924.
Donor/Former owner	Kashnor, L. Museum Book Store.
Appeared In	Thomsons New General Atlas 1814
Language	English
Department	Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Rare Books Dept.
Physical Collection	Huntington Rare Book Maps
Digital Collection	Maps, Huntington Digital Library
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