COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Title Page: Natural and civil history of the French dominions in North and South America.
Obj Height cm:
36
Obj Width cm:
26
Note:
Printed in red and black.
Full Title:
(Title Page to) The natural and civil history of the French dominions in North and South America. Giving a particular account of the climate, soil, minerals, animals, vegetables, manufactures, trade, commerce, and languages ... Illustrated by maps and plans of the principal places, collected from the best authorities, and engraved by T. Jefferys, Geographer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Part I. Containing a description of Canada and Louisiana. London, Printed for Thomas Jefferys at Charing-Cross. MDCCLX.
List No:
4796B
Series No:
2
Pub Date:
1760
Pub Title:
The natural and civil history of the French dominions in North and South America. Giving a particular account of the climate, soil, minerals, animals, vegetables, manufactures, trade, commerce, and languages ... Illustrated by maps and plans of the principal places, collected from the best authorities, and engraved by T. Jefferys, Geographer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Part I. Containing a description of Canada and Louisiana. London, Printed for Thomas Jefferys at Charing-Cross. MDCCLX.
Pub Reference:
Howes J83; Streeter 128; Sabin 35964; P-Maps (lists all 18 maps); Stevens and Tree 27(b), 51(a), 66 (b); Clark I:263; Ristow p25-28 (Samuel Holland).
Pub Note:
1st ed. Issued during the French and Indian War, this work describes and maps many of the French possessions that were to pass to England at the War's conclusion in 1763. The 18 maps are all listed in Phillips and many (New Orleans, Louisburg) are the first maps listed or among the earliest listed for the areas mapped. All of the maps appeared also in Jeffery's General Topography of North America and the West Indies, 1768 (see P1196) and later states of the Nova Scotia map and the North America map appeared in Jeffery's American Atlas of 1775. Part I describes Canada and Louisiana, Part II French possessions in the West Indies. With the additional * leaves 129-138 and paste down errata on p. 80. This was Samuel Holland's copy with his signature on the title page. Holland was the first Surveyor General of the Northern Colonies, appointed in 1764, and one can imagine that this book was very important to him as a source for his early mapping projects.
Pub List No:
4796.000
Pub Maps:
18
Pub Height cm:
36
Pub Width cm:
23
Image No:
4796B
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2006
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
Thomas Jefferys
Type:
Title Page
Country:
Canada
Country:
United States
Engraver or Printer:
Caylus, Anne Claude Philippe, comte de, 1692-1765
Publication Author:
Jefferys, Thomas
Pub Type:
Geography Book
Author:
Jefferys, Thomas
Date:
1760
Title Page: Natural and civil history of the French dominions in North and South America.
