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“North America from the French of Mr. D’Anville Improved with the Back Settlements of Virginia and Course of Ohio Illustrated with Geographical and Historical Remarks.”

London: Published by Thomas Jefferys, 1755.
Dimensions of entire sheet: 20 ¾ X 18 ¾ inches.
Dimensions of image: 19 15/16 X 17 7/8 inches.
Originally tipped into A Summary, Historical and Political of the First Planting, Progressive Improvements, and Present State of the British Settlements in North-America. By William Douglass. (Boston, 1755).

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“An Authentic Plan of the River St. Laurence from Sillery, to the Fall of Montmorenci, with the Operations of the Siege of Quebec under the Command of Vice-Adml. Saunders & Major Genl. Wolfe down to the 5 Sepr. 1759.”

Titles of two inset maps:
"Part of the Upper River of St. Laurence" and "A View of the Action Gained by the English Sepr. 13, 1759 near Quebec."

Drawing by “a Captain in his Majesties Navy,” unknown engraver, possibly Robert Sayer.
London: Published by Thomas Jefferys, 1759.
Dimensions of entire sheet: 21 3/4 X 14 5/8 inches.
Dimensions of image: 18 5/8 X 12 7/8 inches.
Plate number 16 from Atlas Des Colonies Angloises en Amerique (after 1777). [Title of atlas taken from manuscript title page.]

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“A Plan of Quebec.

Titles of two inset maps:
"The Port & Environs of Quebec" and "A Draught of Part of the River St. Lawrence."

London: Published by E. Oakley, 1759.
Dimensions of entire sheet: 21 3/4 X 15 1/8 inches.
Dimensions of image: 19 7/8 X 12 3/4 inches.
Plate [no number] from Atlas Des Colonies Angloises en Amerique (after 1777). [Title of atlas taken from manuscript title page.]

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“A General View of Quebec, from Point Levy.”

Engraving by P. Canot, after drawing by Richard Short.
London: Published by Thomas Jefferys, 1761.
Dimensions of entire sheet: 24 x 17 15/16 inches.
Dimensions of image and caption: 20 x 13 ¾ inches.
Engraving from Twelve Views of the Principal Buildings in Quebec From Drawings, taken on the Spot at the Command of Vice-Admiral Saunders, by Richard Short, Purser of his Majesty's Ship of the Prince of Orange.
[Stored in box with Scenographia Americana. (London, 1768).]

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“A Prospective Plan of the Battle fought near Lake George on the 8th of September 1755, between 2000 English with 250 Mohawks under the Command of General Johnson and 2500 French and Indians under the Command of General Dieskau in which the English were Victorius, Captivating the French General with a Number of his Men, Killing 700 and Putting the Rest to Flight.

Drawing by Samuel Blodget, engraving by Thomas Johnston.
Boston, 1755.
Dimensions of entire sheet: 18 1/2 X 14 7/8 inches.
Dimensions of image: 17 ½ X 13 ½ inches.

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“Plan of Kennebeck & Sagadahock Rivers, & Country adjacent.

Engraving by Thomas Johnston based on surveys by Joseph Heath, Phineas Jones, John North and Ephraim Jones.
Boston, 1754.
Dimensions of entire sheet: 27 3/4 X 37 1/2 inches.
Dimensions of image: 21 5/8 X 30 7/8 inches.

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“A Survey of Lake Champlain including Lake George, Crown Point, and St. John. Surveyed by Order of His Excellency Major-General Sr. Jeffery Amherst, Knight of the most Honble. Order of the Bath. Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Forces in North America (now Lord Amherst) by William Brassier, Draughtsman. 1762.”

Title of inset map:
"A Particular Plan of Lake George. Surveyed in 1756. By Capt. Jackson"

Drawing by William Brassier.
London: Published by Robert Sayer and J. Bennett, 1776.
Dimensions of entire sheet: 21 ¾ x 29 7/8 inches.
Dimensions of image: 18 13/16 X 25 ¾ inches.
Plate 35.1 from Atlas Des Colonies Angloises en Amerique (after 1777). [Title of atlas taken from manuscript title page.]

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[Map showing land of the Sioux and Padoucas.] One plate from “A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America with the Roads, Distances, Limits, and Extent of the Settlements Humbly Inscribed to the Right Honourable The Earl of Halifax and the Other Right Honourable The Lords Commissioners For Trade and Plantations by their Lordships Most Obliged and very Humble Servant Jn. Mitchell.

Title of inset map:
A New Map of Hudson's Bay and Labrador From the Late Surveys of those Coasts.

Engraving by Thomas Kitchin.
London: Published by John Mitchell, 1755.
Dimensions of entire sheet: 21 7/8 X 29 5/16 inches.
Dimensions of image: 19 1/8 X 26 inches.
Plate number 2, Atlas Des Colonies Angloises en Amerique (after 1777). [Title of atlas taken from manuscript title page.]

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[Map showing New England, New York, part of Canada, part of Pennsylvania.] One plate from “A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America with the Roads, Distances, Limits, and Extent of the Settlements Humbly Inscribed to the Right Honourable The Earl of Halifax and the Other Right Honourable The Lords Commissioners For Trade and Plantations by their Lordships Most Obliged and very Humble Servant Jn. Mitchell.

Engraving by Thomas Kitchin.
London: Published by John Mitchell, 1755.
Dimensions of entire sheet: 21 13/16 X 29 3/16 inches.
Dimensions of image: 18 7/8 X 25 ¾ inches.
Plate number 4 from Atlas Des Colonies Angloises en Amerique (after 1777). [Title of atlas taken from manuscript title page.]

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[Map of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.] One plate from “A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America with the Roads, Distances, Limits, and Extent of the Settlements Humbly Inscribed to the Right Honourable The Earl of Halifax and the Other Right Honourable The Lords Commissioners For Trade and Plantations by their Lordships Most Obliged and very Humble Servant Jn. Mitchell.

Engraving by Thomas Kitchin.
London: Published by John Mitchell, 1755.
Dimensions of entire sheet: 21 13/16 X 29 3/16 inches.
Dimensions of image: 19 X 26 inches.
Plate number 5 from Atlas Des Colonies Angloises en Amerique (after 1777). [Title of atlas taken from manuscript title page.]

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[Map of New Hampshire and Hudson River, with inset map of Boston.] One plate from “A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of New England, containing the Provinces of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire, with the Colonies of Conecticut [sic] and Rhode Island, Divided into Counties and Townships; The Whole Composed from Actual Surveys and its Situation Adjusted by Astronomical Observations.”

Title of inset map:
A Plan of the Town of Boston.

London: Published by Thomas Jefferys, 1774.
Dimensions of entire sheet: 21 7/8 X 29 ¼ inches.
Dimensions of image: 19 3/8 X 20 3/8 inches.
Dimensions of inset map: 5 5/8 X 8 5/8 inches.
Plate 28 from Atlas Des Colonies Angloises en Amerique (after 1777). [Title of atlas taken from manuscript title page.]

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One plate of “An Accurate Map of His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire in New England, taken from Actual Surveys of all the Inhabited Part, and from the Best Information of what is Uninhabited, together with the Adjacent Countries, which Exhibits the Theatre of this War in that Part of te World, by Col. Blanchard and the Rev. Mr. Langdon.”

Drawing by Joseph Blanchard and Samuel Langdon, engraving by Thomas Jefferys.
London: Published by Thomas Jefferys, after 1761.
Dimensions of entire sheet: 29 ¼ X 21 7/8 inches.
Dimensions of image: 27 X 14 3/16 inches.
Plate 33 from Atlas Des Colonies Angloises en Amerique (after 1777). [Title of atlas taken from manuscript title page.]

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One plate of “A Map of Pennsylvania Exhibiting not only the Improved Parts of the Province, but also Its Extensive Frontiers: Laid down From Actual Surveys and Chiefly From the late Map of W. Scull Published in 1770; and Humbly Inscribed to the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn Esquires True and Absolute Proprietaries & Governors of the Province of Pennsylvania and the Territories thereunto belonging.”

By W. Scull.
London: Published by Robert Sayer, 1775.
Dimensions of entire sheet: 21 3/16 X 29 1/8 inches.
Dimensions of image: 14 X 27 1/8 inches.
Plate 36.3 from Atlas Des Colonies Angloises en Amerique (after 1777). [Title of atlas taken from manuscript title page.]

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“A Plan of the City and Fortress of Louisbourg, with a Small Plan of the Harbour.”

Drawing by Richard Gridley, 1745, engraving by P. Pelham.
Boston: Published by J. Smibert, 1746.
Dimensions of entire sheet: 21 11/16 X 17 ¾ inches.
Dimensions of image: 21 5/16 X 17 ½ inches.

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“A View of Louisburg in North America, taken near the Light House when that City was Besieged in 1758.”

Engraving by P. Canot, after drawing by Capt. Ince.
London: Published by Thomas Jefferys, 1762.
Dimensions of entire sheet: 24 X 17 7/8 inches.
Dimensions of image and caption: 19 11/16 X 13 5/8 inches.
From Scenographia Americana. (London, 1768).

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“A View of the City of the Havana, taken from the Road near Colonel Howe's Battery.”

Engraving by Edward Rooker after drawing by Elias Durnford and etching by Paul Sandby.
London: Published by Thomas Jefferys, 1765.
Dimensions of entire sheet: 23 7/8 X 17 7/8 inches.
Dimensions of image and caption: 19 7/8 X 13 ½ inches.
From Scenographia Americana. (London, 1768).

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“A Plan of the Havana and Its Environs with the several Posts and Attacks, made by the British Forces; under the Command of the Earl of Albemarle and Sr. Geo. Pocock: which was Taken 13 Aug: 1762.”

Drawing and engraving by Thomas Kitchin.
London: Published by J. Boydell and R. Willock, 1762.
Dimensions of entire sheet: 25 1/2 x 18 3/4 inches.
Dimensions of image: 23 7/8 x 17 ¼ inches.

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