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A general map of the middle British Colonies, in America : viz. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, Connecticut and Rhode Island ; of Aquanishuonigy, the country of the Confederate Indians comprehending Aquanishuonigy proper, their places of residence, Ohio & Thuchsochruntie their deer-hunting countries, Couchsachrage and Skaniadarade, their beaver-hunting countries ; of the Lakes Erie, Ontario and Champlain ; exhibiting the antient & present seats of the Indian Nations / published by Lewis Evans at Philadelphia ; corrected and improved with the additions of the line of forts on the back settlements ; by Thos. Jefferys Geographer to the King

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Title: A general map of the middle British Colonies, in America : viz. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, Connecticut and Rhode Island ; of Aquanishuonigy, the country of the Confederate Indians comprehending Aquanishuonigy proper, their places of residence, Ohio & Thuchsochruntie their deer-hunting countries, Couchsachrage and Skaniadarade, their beaver-hunting countries ; of the Lakes Erie, Ontario and Champlain ; exhibiting the antient & present seats of the Indian Nations / published by Lewis Evans at Philadelphia ; corrected and improved with the additions of the line of forts on the back settlements ; by Thos. Jefferys Geographer to the King
Creator: Evans, Lewis, 1700?-1756, cartographer
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher
Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771
Date Created and/or Issued: 1775
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: This issue is identical to 18221 except that the imprint lower right has been changed from 1775 to "Publish'd as the Act directs, 15 June 1775." This issue found in the "American Atlas" of Sayer and Bennett of 1775. Note Sayer & Jefferys appear on the map, Sayer & Bennett on the Atlas. Pownall protested the use of this plate, Sayer & Bennett removed it from the 1776 Atlas. Submap: A sketch of the Remaining part of the Ohio R., &c. MS note: 18222. Prime meridian: London, Philadelphia. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: Stamped: XI. MS notes: Shelve with #18212 Evans, Lewis ; #18222.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map ; hand col. ; 48 x 66 cm., sheet 52 x 69 cm.
Identifier: 18222
430107
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/3132
Language: English
Subject: North America--Maps
Middle Atlantic States--Maps
Ohio River Valley--Maps
Virginia--Maps
Virginia--Description and travel--Maps
Middle Atlantic States--Description and travel--Maps
Ohio River Valley--Description and travel--Maps
Time Period: 1775
Place: North America
United States
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Rhode Island
W 89°
W 72°/N 46°
N 36°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library

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