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NC::JOHNCOLLET:1770
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| WordPress Post ID: | 1758 |
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| Description: | Map shows North Carolina west to the Blue Ridge mountains, and parts of Virginia and South Carolina. Relief shown by hachures. Depicts cities and towns, natural features, roads and paths, mills, chapels, landowners, soundings, swamps, pocosins, and forts. Native American tribes mentioned include the Meherrin, Catawba, and Tuscarora. A red line across the state at 35.5 degrees latitude is probably the Granville Line. Prime meridians: London and Currituck Inlet. Captions: At top of map: "By Capt. Collett, Governor of Fort Johnston. Engraved by I. Bayly." At lower right: "To Hist most Excellent Majesty George the IIId. King of Great Britain, &c. &c. &c. this Map is host humbly dedicated by His Majesty's most humbl obedient & dutiful Subject John Collet." At bottom: "Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, May the 1st 1770, by S. Hooper No. 25 Ludgate Hill, London." |
| URL: | http://www.lib.unc.edu/dc/ncmaps/interactive/maps/CK272/{Z}_{X}_{Y}.png |
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| N,S,E,W Bounds: | 37.301, 32.8308, -74.825, -82.546 |
| Min/Max Zoom: | 6/11 |
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