The American Atlas, or A Geographical Description of the Whole Continent of America ... and Chiefly the British Colonies ...

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THE

AMERICAN O

A

W

R,

Defcription

Geographical O

F

ATJLAS:

T H E

WHOLE CONTINENT OF AMERICA: WHEREIN ARE DELINEATED AT LARGE,

ITS

SEVERAL REGIONS, COUNTRIES, STATES, AND ISLANDS; AND CHIEFLY

THE

BRITISH COLONIES,

Compofed from numerous Surveys,

feveral of

1

which were made

by-

Order of Go';ernment. B Y

Major

HOLLAND,

LEWIS EVANS,

WILLIAM SCULL,

MICHAEL LANE, JOSEPH GILBERT,

HENRY MOUZON,

LieuU

GARDNER, HILLOCK,

ENGRAVED ON

FORTY-NINE COPPER-PLATES, B Y

&c.

ROSS, &c.

J.

COOK,

Compofed from numerous Surveys,

which were made by

feveral of

Order of Government. B Y

Major

HOLLAND,

LEWIS EVANS,

WILLIAM SCULL,

MICHAEL LANE, JOSEPH GILBERT,

HENRY MOUZON,

Lieut.

GARDNER, HILLOCK,

&c.

ROSS,

J.

COOK,

&c.

ENGRAVED ON

FORTY-NINE COPPER-PLATES, 1

B Y

The Late Mr.

THOMAS JEFFERYS,

Geographer

to

the

King, and Others.

LONDON, Printed

and Sold by R.

SAYER

and

BENNETT,

Map, Chart, and

Print Sellers,

No.

53, Fleet-Street.

MDCCLXXVIII.

J II.

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TO THE

M

A

P

S.

New Enoland, coritlinlng the Provinces of MassaciiusetsB.w, Ntw-IL\Mi'SHiRf Connecticut, and Ruode-Island, divided into Counties and Townihips containing alfo an exad Draught of the

•15, lO.

..^^ ORTH and SOUl'H

,, J,

AMr.RTCA,

^v.th the

Jthutic and A:-

,

with and the ntarull Coalls of Europ,; Afrka, :ind 4/i.i llic TauU of the and Longitude, a-.d Lat'tudc comparative lahlcs of Comprclicnding the Circumnavigators, and other Difcovcrics.

cij\-

Oaaiis

:

:

;

Harbour, and a Plan of the 17.

and Amnica Granhml, with and I'art oUIuJ/on's-lhiy; .the Countries and lllandsahoiit Bqlfin's-Bay, Russian Discoveries the Albion: Ntii< and Cilifornii the Coafts o'i at PtterJJ^iirg, between Afui and AmcnCiU taken from the Map puhHlhed in 1-774, bv

Mr.

7.

T'.//

with the I'eninfula of K.witjchatk.t,

to-e'ther

a'^d tlic IJlin!s

:

Snhlin, Seevetary to the Imperial

diipcrfed over

tlie

PaaJicOcam

drawn by Major Holland, Surveyor General of the America: Corrected anu Improved from the Original Maifrials, by Govcrnor i'owNAi.L, Member of Par-

Montreal,

Academy:

Northern

in Afta, oppofiie thereto:

North of the Line

to the

liament,

of Europe and Africa: alfo, to the Soutli of the Line, with the f/I.TiJ.!

and the

the Reft'bf Sorth-Amcrica, great Part of the S'yuth-S,\t,

CloalV^

original

the

Trads of

Ainerkan and 5,6.

puhlilhed by

tiie

West-Lndia Is'Ands, on Treaty of Peace concluded

laft

a large

o

Diauglitiman, 170^:.

s

Royal Proclamation of from the French Surveys, conneded with

176;,,

according to the

By Capt. Carver, aid

alter the Wai'.

other Olhcers in hia

Service.

at I'aris,

Pennsylvania,

20.

l-'ebruarv,

Lc.

made

Majeily

1763; wherein are particularly diftinguilhed the feveral pROviNcrb and Colonics which compofc The Br rnsn t.Mi'iRE,laid down according to the latcft Surveys, and corrected from the original Materials of Governor Powaall, Member of Parliament, P. R. S. &c. I

By William Brassier,

7rh of Oclohfr,

thole

divided according to the

Scale,

&c. including

The Province of Quebkc,

19.

Ajiiitk Coafti.

with the

ike.

\

the

North America,

S.

Lord Amherll.)

Academy oi Pitajbuyg with TJw/ajm Government to explore the

the Ships fern by the

R.

Lake George, Crown Point, and John, furveyed by Order of His Kxcelkncy Major -General Sir Jcit'ery AmhcrR, Kniglit oi' the moil Honourable Order of the Batii, Commander in Chief of His Majefly's Porccs in N >ith-Amerii a, (now

previous to the Year 176;,, from the Imperial

1'.

iSt.

the Southern Ocean.

Map

Dillriifl in

Lake Champlain,

iS.

the adjacent IJlandiln di:peri;d throuj^h the fame; South- Ammca, and

^. The Russian Dikccvfrifs,

of Boston.

New

and

Jersey, divided into Manors, Counties, and Townihips, with the whole Country h.tween Albany, Ofwego, Fort Prnntenac, and Les Trois Rivicrs, exhibiting all the Grants made by IVencli Governors on Lake Champlain, and between the Lake and

lateft

In-Scii, with thf adjacent Qialls of Afia

New York

Town

alio

and

from the

chiefly

phia 21. 23.

1776.

exhibiting not only the improved Parts of that Procxtenfive b'rontiers; laid

vince, but

in

its

late

Map

of IVilliam

down fmm

adlual Survevs,

Scull, publilhetl

at

Philadel-

1770.

Virginia

an:'

Maryland, drawn by

'J'Jlma

Fry and Peter

Jcfferfon.

North Amerk

7.

The

g.

The British Empire

Continent of

a.

23, 24. feveral Colonies

.

in

North Amerka, as

now

dlviaed hito the

and Govermncnts.

St. LArREScn, from lint FronSenac to the Ifland of and Part of the Wcllern Coall of the Gulf of St. Laullicwing the Soundings, Roclts, Shoals, &c. containing alfo all

Antkojli,

rence

;

the necellary lullrudicTis for navigating the

Seven

River

;

i

St. Nicholiis or

The Gulf

of Sr.

i'o-

of

Georgia,

and the two following particular

viz.

The Bar and Harbour of Charlejlown. The Harbour of Port-Royal.

i

Engltjh Harbour.

Florida, East and Wfs"", with tlie C?///' of the fame Name, and the Bahama IJlands, containing all the Particulars hithcrt>> known of thole new Provinces, and the Soundings, Shoals, Currents, &';. on the Coall.

25.

Cape Torment, into the South Chan-

Laurence, from

and other Materials,

ing their Indian Pranticra,

:

Draughts,

nel ui'(Jrl':ans llland. ic.

flic,

the Boundary or Provincial Lines, the

on the Eall by the Sea, and on the Well by the Ap^ilnchean Mountains rwith Part of the Cbcrokees Country alio, the Country of the Upper Creeks^ a great Part

with feveral ufeful

IJlands.

The Road of 'l\idoujfnc. The Travcrfcy or Pallage from

South Caromija,

Townihips, and other Dlvilions of the Country ; as alfo the SoundExhibiting their BoundarieK ings, Currents, anu Shoals on the Coafl;.

Appearances of Land, and the following particular .Draughts;

The

and

vveral

The River

?

North

the Roads and Indian I'aths,

regulated and

a great

Number of a£tual

Surveys,

conneded by Aflronomical Obier-

Part of

30.

The River Missisippi,

frona the Ballfe to Fort Chartrcs.

^. The Russian Dr oiiK'mal Mill

Tniib of AiiuiuM ami

the

i

-.ivi

km

s,

\

.vioiis

ti)

i

lie

tear

by thclinpcriul Academy of

IHil'lillifil

the Ships lent hy the liNji.in

i7'>;,i

trom

P(^'//'i/';^

GovernmciU

;

tlic

Lord Anhcill.)

to explore

the

the 7th of Odohfr,

North America,

Scale, I

with the

West-India Islands, on

iccoriliiij; to tlie lall

iliviikil

Treaty ot Peace coiiclucled

a large

rROViNcisand Coi.oNus which cmnpcl'c The Hr irisii Empikk, laid down according to tlic l.ucl\ Snivcys, and correcUd fron\ the ori^;inal Materials of Ciovtrnor I'owuall, Member of I'arlianieiu, I". R. S. tkc ^c. 177O.

made

8.

The nRiTisn r.MriRr

Pennsylvania,

20.

alf)

and

from the

TheRivrR

9.

'

now

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and Ciovernineiu^

pbia

rmUcnM

r^it

to the IHand

of

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I'art

with feverai ufeful

;

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