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A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland : with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina

Title
  1. A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland : with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina / drawn by Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson in 1751 ; engrav'd ... by Thos. Jefferys ...
Published by
  1. London : ... Published according to Act of Parliament by Thos. Jefferys, geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at the corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross, [1755?]
Author
  1. Fry, Joshua, approximately 1700-1754.

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Additional authors
  1. Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757.
  2. Jefferys, Thomas, -1771.
  3. John H. Levine Bequest.
Description
  1. 1 map on 4 sheets; 79 x 122 cm., sheets 56 x 79 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 61.
  2. National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Subject
  1. Virginia > Maps > Early works to 1800
  2. Middle Atlantic States > Maps > Early works to 1800
  3. Early maps
  4. Maryland > Maps > Early works to 1800
Genre/Form
  1. Early maps.
Call number
  1. Map Div. 97-6281
Note
  1. Relief shown pictorially.
  2. Prime meridians: London, Philadelphia and Curratuck Inlet.
  3. "To the Right Honourable George Dunk, Earl of Halifax, First Lord Commissioner, and to the rest of the Right Honourable and Honourable Commissioners, for Trade and Plantations. This map is most humbly inscribed to their Lordships Most Obedient & most devoted humble sevt. Thos. Jefferys. "
  4. Described in: Fry & Jefferson map of Virginia and Maryland : facsimiles of the 1754 and 1794 printings. 1966. p. [14], [1755?b]
  5. Includes distance chart added by "J. Dalrymple, London Jany. ye 1st. 1755."
Indexed in (note)
  1. Variant of Cumming, W.P. Southeast in early maps
  2. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789
Author
  1. Fry, Joshua, approximately 1700-1754.
Title
  1. A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland : with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina / drawn by Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson in 1751 ; engrav'd ... by Thos. Jefferys ...
Imprint
  1. London : ... Published according to Act of Parliament by Thos. Jefferys, geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at the corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross, [1755?]
Cartographic data
  1. Scale [ca. 1:650,000] (W 84⁰00ʹ--W 72⁰50ʹ/N 40⁰15ʹ--N 35⁰45ʹ).
Indexed in:
  1. Variant of Cumming, W.P. Southeast in early maps, 281
  2. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1428
Local note
  1. NYPL copy in Map Div. 97-6281: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection. Sheets numbered on verso: 48-51.
  2. NYPL copy in Map Div. 96-7681: John H. Levine Bequest. Map on 1 sheet : hand col. No. printed on label pasted on lower left corner on verso: 95. No. stamped in ink on verso, upper right: 32. Ms. notation in ink on verso: Inhabited part of Virginia with Maryland &c., Fry & Jefferson, T. Jefferys.
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  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Place of publication
  1. England London.
Added author
  1. Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757.
  2. Jefferys, Thomas, -1771.
  3. John H. Levine Bequest.
Research call number
  1. Map Div. 97-6281 [LHS 61]
  2. Map Div. 96-7681 [Oversize - Filed with Levine Oversize]
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