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Bowles's new pocket map of the United States of America; the British possessions of Canada, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, with the French and Spanish territories of Louisiana and Florida, as settled

Scale ca. 1:6,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro and London. Includes historic notes, listing of "The 13 United States of America," and inset "Article III." Vault AACR2 Copy 1 has land areas colored in pink, yellow, and green. Copy 2 has land areas colored in pink, yellow, and green; some boundaries in red; New England States colored as one. Copy 3 has land areas colored in brown; boundaries in green.

Date
1783
Mapmaker / publisher
Bowles, Carington
Place
Canada
Scale
1:6,500,000
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
6,275 × 5,771 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"Bowles's new pocket map of the United States of America; the British possessions of Canada, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, with the French and Spanish territories of Louisiana and Florida, as settled" (1783). Bowles, Carington. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bowles%27s_new_pocket_map_of_the_United_States_of_America;_the_British_possessions_of_Canada,_Nova_Scotia,_and_Newfoundland,_with_the_French_and_Spanish_territories_of_Louisiana_and_Florida,_as_settled_LOC_gm71005456.jpg

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