COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Accession Number:
C-8802
File Name:
C-8802-000
Call number:
Cabinet Cc777 /7
Map title:
The provinces of New York, and New Jersey with part of Pensilvania and the province of Quebec. Drawn by Major Holland, Surveyor General of the Northern District in America Corrected and improved, from the original materials, by Governr. Pownall. Hen. Contger, Sculp. Mog
Place of Publication:
Frankfurt a. M.
Publisher:
Harry Lodowick Broenner
Publication date:
1777
Map size height:
133 cm.
Map size width:
52 cm..
Item description:
Engraved map, colored
Geographical description:
Map of northeastern North America from Lake Ontario to Maryland. Insets: A chart of the mouth of Hudsons River, from Sandy Hook to New York.--Plan of Amboy with its environs from an actual survey.--A plan of the city of New York. Several additions in Lancaster County area. See Bibliographical File for further information. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. Decorative cartouche shows the Tappan Zee and cliffs on the Hudson River.
References:
Stevens & Tree 44; Toley, Dict. mapmakers, p. 82
Geographic Area:
North America
Scale 1:
ca. 650,000
Normalized date:
1777
LC bibliographic number:
b53960889
Creator:
Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805
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