Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi,
created 2007-2017,
by Paul Davis
| Title: | 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 Honorable The Lord's Commissioner's for Trade & Plantations, by their Lordships most obliged and very humble servant, Jno. Mitchell. Tho: Kitchin, sculp. |
| Author: | Mitchell, John 1711-1768. |
| Scale: | ca. 1 inch to 32 miles |
| Situation Date: | 1755 |
| Publication Date: | 1757 |
| Type: | Original |
| Features: | Rivers, mountains, coastal details, Indian nations and settlements("abandoned" and "occupied"), roads with distances in miles, westerly compass variations. |
| Comments: | General Note: Used by the participants of the 1783 Revolutionary war treaty to determine boundary disputes. Features Note: Contains notes on settlement history and occupation, by French, English and native American alliances. Repository Note: Rumsey Collection discusses and illustrates the 1757 uncolored edition. The Mississippi Archives has a facsimile by Harry Margary and a Photostat printed by the Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 73, Plate 6 (1755c) Southeastern portion only. |
| Coverage: | Eastern North America |
| Repository: | David Rumsey Map Collection | Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | University of Michigan, William L. Clements Library |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | London: John Mitchell |
| Size (inches): | 53.5 X 76.7 |
| Color: | Y |
| Link: | http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3300.np000009 http://www.davidrumsey.com/detail?id=1-1-222-20037&name=Map+ of+the+British+and+French+Dominions+in+North+America+ |