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The Province of New Jersey, divided into East and West, commonly called the Jerseys

Title: The Province of New Jersey, divided into East and West, commonly called the Jerseys / engraved & published by Wm. Faden.
Author: Faden, William, 1750?-1836.
Publication: [London] : Wm. Faden, 1778.

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person.	Cartographic	Use in library	Map Div. 97-6009	Schwarzman Building M2 - Map Division Desk Room 117

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Description

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

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subjects

Note

Prime meridian: Philadelphia.
Relief shown by hachures.
Shows county boundaries and "Division line run in 1743 between East New Jersey and West New Jersey."
"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."
"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."
Includes table of "Astronomical observations."

Indexed In (note)

Call Number

Map Div. 97-6009

LCCN

74692518 /MAPS/r95

OCLC

5400895

Author

Faden, William, 1750?-1836.

Title

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

Imprint

[London] : Wm. Faden, 1778.

Edition

2nd ed. with considerable improvements.

Cartographic Data

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

Indexed In:

Carlucci. Guide to New Jersey maps, 3811/000/030/1778AA

Snyder. Mapping of New Jersey, p. 57-61

Local Note

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

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NYPL Digital Collections

Added Author

Ratzer, Bernard.

Bancker, Gerard, 1740-1799.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 97-6009 [LHS 232]