Sheet 23 [Map of Caribbean islands and the northern part of South America]

Creator

Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805 Schrämbl, Franz Anton, 1751-1803

Place

Vienna

Publisher

Gestochen von J. Stenger

Date

[1788]

Notes

Engraved map on 4 sheets, colored

Upper right part of 4 sheet map of North America (sheet no. 22). This part includes southern North America. Includes seven scales of German, English, French, and Spanish miles, of English and French marine leagues, of Spanish leagues and of "Standen Wegs" in cartouche at lower right. Includes descriptive and historical notes throughout map. Shows boundaries, forts, roads, mines, and Indian villages and tribal territory.

This map is a German-language edition of the 4-sheet map of North America first brought out by Emmanuel Bowen and John Gibson in London about 1775; Franz Anton Schraembl has apparently based it on one of the states of 1777 or later. Sheets are numbered 20-23. Relief shown pictorially.

Part of

Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805
Generalkarte von Nordamerica samt den Westindischen Inseln Verfasst von Herrn Pownall, neu herausgegeben von Herrn F.A. Schraembl. MDCCLXXXVIII
Wien: Gestochen von J. Stenger, [1788]
[1788]
Cabinet C75 BoE 788