[Map of the Wilderness Road]

Bullitt, Thomas

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

[1761–1773]

T. Bullitt Capt. Of ye Provincial Reg.t of Virg.a.

T. Bullitt Capt. Of ye Provincial Reg.t of Virg.a.,

Scale approximately 1:316,800

English

British Library

British Library Collection

• Cherokee Indians--Wilderness Road--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Wilderness Road--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• North and Central America
• United States
• Wilderness Road

1 map on 3 sheets : joined, laid on linen, manuscript pen and ink with watercolour over pencil ; 160 x 76 cm

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• This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).

• Date range from dates given on map and from previous British Libray cataloguing
• Relief is shown pictorially
• Oriented with north to the lower right of the map, indicated by a decorative compass rose
• Shows scale bar in miles at lower right
• Shows forts and posts
• Shows overland routes and encampments - "Col. Waddles Incamp.t Year 1761. Nov. 13.th.".
• Copy at Add Ms 27,716.4. Red stamp of R.U.S.I. at lower right. Comprises 3 sheets, joined, and laid on linen. Green circular label to verso showing "13". White label to verso showing "DRAWER 30 SECTION 2". Blue label to verso showing "A 30/88". Stamped in black ink "ADD. MS. 57,716(4)". Manuscript additions to verso in pencil show "846B" and repeat pressmark.