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A new map of Virginia, Maryland, and the improved parts of Pennsylvania & New Jersey
Title
A new map of Virginia, Maryland, and the improved parts of Pennsylvania & New Jersey [cartographic material].
Publication
London : Sold by Christopher Browne at the Globe near west end of St. Pauls Church, [1685?]
Physical Description
1 map : engraving, hand-colored ; 48 x 55 cm, on sheet 53 x 65 cm
Cartographic Detail
Scale [ca. 1:815,000]. 70 miles in a degree.
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy is hand-colored.
Notes
Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings.
Date and attribution from On the Map, 1983 (Figure 24).
First state of map published originally in 1685 by Christopher Browne with the imprint in the cartouche under the title. No longitude lines are given.
Other formats
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Format
Maps & GIS
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Subjects
Genre/Form
Early works.
Maps.
Engravings - Hand-colored - 1685.
Also listed under
BAC Folio C 2010 3e Exhibited in: Wilde Americk: Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, September 27, 2001-December 30, 2001)
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