COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
01907
File Name:
01907-1
Call number:
D677 H876p2
Map title:
A Map of New-England, Being the first that ever was here cut ...
Place of Publication:
[London]
Publisher:
[Tho. Parkhurst]
Publication date:
[1677]
Map size height:
29.5 cm.
Map size width:
38.8 cm.
Item description:
fold-out woodcut map; following preface
Geographical description:
Map of New England showing towns, rivers, bays, and Lake Winnipesaukee. Decorative elements include ship at sea, a compass rose, and a scale. Various locations are added in manuscript.
Source author:
Hubbard, William, 1621-1704
Source title:
The present state of New-England. Being a narrative of the troubles with the Indians in New-England, from the first planting thereof in the year 1607, to this present year 1677
Source place:
London : printed for Tho. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheapside, near Mercers-Chappel, and at the Bible on London-Bridg, 1677
Cartobibliographic notes:
McCorkle identifies the creator as [John Foster]. This is the first map drawn and printed in America. Illustrates Reverend William Hubbard's text on King Philip's War with a numbered key for battles and massacres.
References:
McCorkle, B.B. New England in Early Printed Maps, 677.3; John Carter Brown Library, Annual Report, 1930, 29-30
Geographic Area:
North America
Normalized date:
1677
A Map of New-England, Being the first that ever was here cut ...
