To the Rt. Honble. the Earl of Hillsborough & the rest of the Lords, Commissioners for Trade & Plantations. This Plan is most Humbly Dedicated
A printed but unpublished map showing Jonathan Carver's travels in the upper Mississippi Valley and west of the Great Lakes. Annotated with his observations and showing some Native American nomenclature.
Metadata
Cartographer
Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780
Contributor
Downshire, Wills Hill, Marquis of, 1718-1793, dedicatee
Contributor
Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784, printmaker
Former owner
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
Date
[ca. 1769]
Name on Item
By their most Obedient Humble Ser.t Jonathan Carver. 1769.
Publisher
[Jonathan Carver]
Scale
Scale varies
Language
English
Location
British Library
Collection (local)
British Library Collection
Subjects
Explorers--United States--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Wisconsin--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Minnesota--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Iowa--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places
Iowa
Minnesota
North and Central America
United States
Wisconsin
Extent
1 map : copperplate engraving ; 26 x 34 cm
Terms and License
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
Notes
Relief shown pictorially
The only known copy of a printed but unpublished version of Carver's second manuscript map, engraved by Thomas Kitchin - Bosse. See Add Ms 8950.102. for the manuscript map on which this engraved map is based
Shows blank square at lower right, which is occupied by the dedication on the engraved map
Compare Carver's original manuscript sketch map (see Add Ms 8949.41.)
Bequeathed to the British Museum by Sir Joseph Banks.