COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
8189
accession_number
8189
Accession Number
false
File Name:
8189-8
file_name
8189-8
File Name
false
Call number:
Cabinet Blathwayt 8
call_number
Cabinet Blathwayt 8
Call number
false
Map title:
[New England, showing Massachusetts' boundaries]
map_title
[New England, showing Massachusetts' boundaries]
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
[London]
place_of_publication
[London]
Place of Publication
false
Publication date:
[1678]
publication_date
[1678]
Publication date
false
Map size height:
55 cm.
map_size_height
55 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
65.5 cm.
map_size_width
65.5 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
manuscript
item_description
manuscript
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map of Massachusetts showing the northern and southern parallels or boundaries of the colony. Cartographic elements include location of islands and harbors along coast of Massachusetts, a lake, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, degrees of latitude, and compass rose.
geographical_description
Map of Massachusetts showing the northern and southern parallels or boundaries of the colony. Cartographic elements include location of islands and harbors along coast of Massachusetts, a lake, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, degrees of latitude, and compass rose.
Geographical description
false
Cartobibliographic notes:
This manuscript map was drawn or copied in an effort to avert or postpone the revocation of the colony's charter which finally took place in 1684. The rulers of the colony had a vested interest in having the source of the Merrimack River being as far north as possible since their charter directed that the northern boundary of Massachusetts was three miles north of the source of it. A map, drawn by William Reed in 1665 and now lost, established the source to be an outlet at the southern end of Lake Winnipesaukee and shows the end of the lake as being the marker used to establish Massachusetts' northern boundary. This map is believed to have been made from a copy of that map, making it perhaps the first official map of Massachusetts made in the colony. This map resembles the well-known John Foster, "A map of New England" published in 1677.The Blathwayt Atlas is a collection of 48 maps assembled between 1680 and 1685 as a reference atlas for the Office of Trade and Plantations, compiled by William Blathwayt, Secretary to the Lords of Trade and Plantations.
cartobibliographic_notes
This manuscript map was drawn or copied in an effort to avert or postpone the revocation of the colony's charter which finally took place in 1684. The rulers of the colony had a vested interest in having the source of the Merrimack River being as far north as possible since their charter directed that the northern boundary of Massachusetts was three miles north of the source of it. A map, drawn by William Reed in 1665 and now lost, established the source to be an outlet at the southern end of Lake Winnipesaukee and shows the end of the lake as being the marker used to establish Massachusetts' northern boundary. This map is believed to have been made from a copy of that map, making it perhaps the first official map of Massachusetts made in the colony. This map resembles the well-known John Foster, "A map of New England" published in 1677.The Blathwayt Atlas is a collection of 48 maps assembled between 1680 and 1685 as a reference atlas for the Office of Trade and Plantations, compiled by William Blathwayt, Secretary to the Lords of Trade and Plantations.
Cartobibliographic notes
false
References:
Black, J.D., ed. Blathwayt Atlas, vol. II, p. 63-72
references
Black, J.D., ed. Blathwayt Atlas, vol. II, p. 63-72
References
false
Geographic Area:
North America
geographic_area
North America
Geographic Area
false
Normalized date:
1678
normalized_date
1678
Normalized date
false