Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Ratzer, Bernard.
2. Bancker, Gerard, 1740-1799.

Description

1. 1 map : hand col.; 76 x 56 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 232.
2. National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.

Subject

1. New Jersey > Administrative and political divisions > Maps > Early works to 1800
2. New Jersey > Maps > Early works to 1800

Call number

1. Map Div. 97-6009

Note

1. Prime meridian: Philadelphia.
2. Relief shown by hachures.
3. Shows county boundaries and "Division line run in 1743 between East New Jersey and West New Jersey."
4. "This map has been drawn from the survey made in 1769 ... by Bernard Ratzer ... and from another large survey of the northern parts ... by Gerard Banker."
5. "In this second edition great use has been made of several military surveys generously communicated by officers of the British troops and of the regiments of Hesse and Anspach."
6. Includes table of "Astronomical observations."

Indexed in (note)

1. Carlucci. Guide to New Jersey maps
2. Snyder. Mapping of New Jersey

Author

1. Faden, William, 1750?-1836.

Title

1. The Province of New Jersey, divided into East and West, commonly called the Jerseys / engraved & published by Wm. Faden.

Imprint

1. [London] : Wm. Faden, 1778.

Edition

1. 2nd ed. with considerable improvements.

Cartographic data

1. Scale [ca. 1:420,000] (W 75⁰55ʹ--W 73⁰20ʹ/N 41⁰30ʹ--N 38⁰40ʹ).

Indexed in:

1. Carlucci. Guide to New Jersey maps, 3811/000/030/1778AA
2. Snyder. Mapping of New Jersey, p. 57-61

Local note

1. Ms. note on verso, upper right corner: 22.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Ratzer, Bernard.
2. Bancker, Gerard, 1740-1799.

LCCN

1. 74692518 /MAPS/r95

Research call number

1. Map Div. 97-6009 [LHS 232]