A map of North America, & the West India Islands, with part of South America, Europe, Africa & the Atlantic Ocean with it's islands

A map of North America, & the West India Islands, with part of South America, Europe, Africa & the Atlantic Ocean with it's islands

Item Information

Title:
A map of North America, & the West India Islands, with part of South America, Europe, Africa & the Atlantic Ocean with it's islands
Description:
Manuscript map in pen, ink and wash color depicting political boundaries and possessions after the 1763 Treaty of Paris. Drawn by Benjamin Webb, a merchant and sometime schoolmaster active in London, England and later Basel, Switzerland in the mid- to late 18th century.
Cartographer:
Webb, Benjamin, active 1760-1784
Contributor:
Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Name on Item:
von Benjamin Webb, gezeichnet
Date:
[ca. 1763]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800
Europe, Western--Maps--Early works to 1800
Africa, Northwest--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
North America (area)
Southern Europe (area)
West Africa (area)
West Indies
Extent:
1 manuscript map ; hand colored ; 25 x 44 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dj52zm95d
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Scale:
Not drawn to scale
Language:
English
Notes:
Includes table of The latitude of some principal place in Europe &c.
Some islands in the West Indies also labeled with length of the island, length of coastline, island dimensions, or changes from the 1763 Treaty of Paris.
Likely based on German sources.
Identifier:
06_01_017682
Call #:
G3300 1763 .W43
Barcode:
39999085962361