The American atlas; containing the following maps. --Viz.-- 1. North-America 2. South-America 3. United States 4. New-Hampshire 5. Province of Maine 6. Massachusetts 7. Vermont 8. Rhode-Island 9. Connecticut 10. New-York 11. New-Jersey 12. Pennsylvania 13. Delaware and Maryland 14. Virginia 15. Kentucky, with the adjoining territories 16. North-Carolina 17. South-Carolina 18. Georgia 19. Tennessee 20. West-Indies

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ellicott, Andrew, 1754-1820

Language:

English

Physical Description:

[2]leaves, [21]leaves of plates : ill., maps, plan ; 2°.

Place of Publication:

New-York : Published by John Reid, bookseller and stationer, no. 106, Water-Street, 1796.

Notes:

Cover title, on printed label: The atlas for Winterbotham's History of America. 1796.

"A separate issue of the atlas, originally designed to accompany Winterbotham's Historical view of the United States [Evans 31647]."--Evans.

Maps engraved by John Scoles, Benjamin Tanner, John Roberts, Alexander Anderson, David Martin, and William Rollinson.

Two settings of type of the title page noted. In one, the word "viz." is set in Roman type; in the other, it is set in italic, and the period is omitted. The ornaments vary.

Some copies include a "Plan for the City of Washington .. Pollinson sculpt. N. York Publish'd by I. Reid L. Wayland and C. Smith 1795," atttributed to Andrew Ellicott (Bristol B9088).

Also issued with: An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the United States of America..(Evans 31647).

Local Notes:

Library copy: 'viz.' in Roman type; with the plan of Washington DC

Library copy: 'viz' in italic type

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans 31078