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Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1718 - 1784

Biography

English engraver and cartographer, who became hydrographer to the king.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

A General Map of North America from the Best Authorities, 1785

 Item — Map-case 4, drawer: 1, map: 4
Identifier: 1500.026.4.1.4
Scope and Contents

Features Canada, Indian Tribal areas, natural features. Map also indicates some American states with the western parts of the continent largely unnamed. Plate XIV, G. G. J. and J. Robinson in a 1785 edition of Guthrie's A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar.


Handwritten note by J.B. Milam reads "Cherokees in northern North Carolina?" Another says "1798."

Dates: 1785
Map of North America
Map of North America