Description: A map showing the British possessions in North America in 1765 after the French and Indian War, as defined by the Treaty of 1763, Proclamation of 1763, and the Royal Orders of 1764–1767. The map shows the British Colonies on the Atlantic, major cities, towns, and settlements, rivers, and the territories reserved for the Indians west of the Allegheny Mountains and east of the Mississippi River, the territory of Quebec, Spanish Louisiana, East and West Florida, and the territory claimed by the Hudson Bay Company.
Place Names: Early America 1400-1800, New York, Boston, New Orleans, Colonial Americ
ISO Topic Categories: boundaries,
location,
oceans,
inlandWaters
Keywords: British Possessions in North America, physical, political, physical features, country borders,
major political subdivisions, boundaries,
location,
oceans,
inlandWaters, Unknown, 1765
Source: Albert Bushnell Hart, LL.D., The American Nation Vol 8 (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1906) 4
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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