Bowles's new one-sheet map of the Independent States of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island &c.; comprehending also the habitations & hunting countries of the Confederate Indians / by Lewis Evans. Printed for the Proprietors Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
District south of Lake Erie and north of the Ohio River is now named "Western Territory." Kentucky & part of Tennessee inserted correctly. "Indiana" shown in current West Virginia probably from Hutchin's "New Map of Western Parts of Virginia" of 1778. "Canada" corrected to above current border. Tennessee admitted 1796 and map appeared in "Universal Atlas" with maps from 1800, hence dating by Stevens. Submap: A sketch of the Remaining part of the Ohio R., &c. MS note: 18230. Prime meridian: London, Philadelphia. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: Stamped: XIX. MS notes: Shelve with #18212 Evans, Lewis ; #18230.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 map ; hand col. ; 50 x 65 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
[1796-1800]
Place
North America United States Virginia Maryland Delaware Pennsylvania New Jersey New York Connecticut Rhode Island Kentucky Vermont W 89° W 72°/N 46° N 36°
Source
Huntington Rare Book Maps Maps, Huntington Digital Library
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