COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
30224
File Name:
30224-3
Call number:
Cabinet Cd753 /1.2
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
Place of Publication:
London
Publisher:
Thos. Jefferys Geographer to His Royal Highness ... at the Corner of St. Martins Land, Charing Cross
Publication date:
[ca. 1755]
Map size height:
38.9 cm.
Map size width:
62.1 cm.
Item description:
engraving
Geographical description:
Lower left part of Fry and Jefferson's 4-sheet map of Virginia and surroundings. Cartographic elements include degrees of latitude and longitude, topographical details, and names of rivers.
Cartobibliographic notes:
This map is the second edition of the 1754 Fry Jefferson 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.
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
Geographic Area:
North America
Historical 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.
Normalized date:
1755
Creator:
Peter Jefferson
Creator:
Joshua Fry
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