Bowles's new pocket map of the middle British Colonies, in America : viz. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut & Rhode Island ; comprending also the habitations & hunting countries of the Confederate Indians / by Lewis Evans. Printed for the proprietor Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
This map is the same as 18219 with alteration of the title. Appears in "Bowles's Universal Atlas" undated, but with other maps dated 1780. It must have been issued before the Peace of 1782-3. Lake Huron extended northward, some streams added above Lakes Ontario and Erie, legend above Lake Erie removed. Submap: A sketch of the Remaining part of the Ohio R., &c. MS note: 18227. Prime meridian: London, Philadelphia. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: Stamped: XVI. MS notes: Shelve with #18212 Evans, Lewis ; #18227.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 map ; hand col. ; 49 x 64 cm., sheet 52 x 69 cm.
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
[ca. 1780?]
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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