COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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JCB Map Collection
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Accession Number:
30224
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30224
Accession Number
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File Name:
30224-4
file_name
30224-4
File Name
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Call number:
Cabinet Cd753 /1.2
call_number
Cabinet Cd753 /1.2
Call number
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Map title:
A Map of the most Inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole Province of Maryland with Part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina
map_title
A Map of the most Inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole Province of Maryland with Part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
London
place_of_publication
London
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
Thos. Jefferys Geographer to His Royal Highness ... at the Corner of St. Martins Land, Charing Cross
publisher
Thos. Jefferys Geographer to His Royal Highness ... at the Corner of St. Martins Land, Charing Cross
Publisher
false
Publication date:
[ca. 1755]
publication_date
[ca. 1755]
Publication date
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Map size height:
38.9 cm.
map_size_height
38.9 cm.
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false
Map size width:
61.7 cm.
map_size_width
61.7 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
engraving
item_description
engraving
Item description
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Geographical description:
Lower right part of Fry and Jefferson's 4-sheet map of Virginia and surroundings. Cartographic elements include degrees of latitude and longitude and names of rivers. Decorative cartouche at lower right shows a harbor scene with merchants (one smoking a tobacco pipe) on a wharf with ships and barrels (one full of tobacco leaves), with black [slaves] carrying a drink, rolling a barrel, making a barrel, and working on a boat.
geographical_description
Lower right part of Fry and Jefferson's 4-sheet map of Virginia and surroundings. Cartographic elements include degrees of latitude and longitude and names of rivers. Decorative cartouche at lower right shows a harbor scene with merchants (one smoking a tobacco pipe) on a wharf with ships and barrels (one full of tobacco leaves), with black [slaves] carrying a drink, rolling a barrel, making a barrel, and working on a boat.
Geographical description
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Cartobibliographic notes:
Fry and Jefferson (Thomas Jefferson's father) were appointed to to establish the boundaries of the "Northern Neck" of Virginia, a proprietary grant of over 5 million acres; this survey was completed in 1747. In 1749 they were appointed to extend the southern boundary of Virginia with North Carolina. Their map was completed in 1751, but not published until 1754. This map is the second edition of the 1754 map which corrected many of the errors of the first edition (the first to represent the Appalachian Mountains running in the correct direction). Both the English and the French used the map in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution.
cartobibliographic_notes
Fry and Jefferson (Thomas Jefferson's father) were appointed to to establish the boundaries of the "Northern Neck" of Virginia, a proprietary grant of over 5 million acres; this survey was completed in 1747. In 1749 they were appointed to extend the southern boundary of Virginia with North Carolina. Their map was completed in 1751, but not published until 1754. This map is the second edition of the 1754 map which corrected many of the errors of the first edition (the first to represent the Appalachian Mountains running in the correct direction). Both the English and the French used the map in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution.
Cartobibliographic notes
false
References:
Schwartz, S. I. Mapping of America, p.157-159; Imago Mundi, XXI, 86, no. 4; Cumming, W.P. Southeast in early maps, no. 449; Phillips, P.L. Virginia cartography, p. 48
references
Schwartz, S. I. Mapping of America, p.157-159; Imago Mundi, XXI, 86, no. 4; Cumming, W.P. Southeast in early maps, no. 449; Phillips, P.L. Virginia cartography, p. 48
References
false
Normalized date:
1755
normalized_date
1755
Normalized date
false
Creator:
Peter Jefferson
creator
Peter Jefferson
Creator
false
Creator:
Joshua Fry
creator
Joshua Fry
Creator
false