Map, New Governments of East and West Florida, 1763

Creator

John Gibson

Files

Preview

Publisher

Gentlemen's Magazine

Creation Date

1763

Abstract

A map of Florida, just after its acquisition from Spain by Great Britain at the end of the French and Indian War, and its division into two Governments, East and West. Published in Gentlemen's Magazine, Gibson shows the Florida peninsula as essentially an archipelago. At the lower left corner is an inset "Plan of the Harbour and Settlement of Pensacola," then the capital of West Florida.

Extent

1 map

Subject: geographic

Pensacola Bay (Fla.)

Language

English

Media Type

Map

Identifier

U15-0009

Recommended Citation

Gibson, John, "Map, New Governments of East and West Florida, 1763" (1763). Florida Maps Collection. Image 64.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/fl_maps_collection/64