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.

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Description

Title: 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.
Creator: Jefferys, Thomas, -1771, printmaker.
Contributor: Byrd, William, 1674-1744.
Churton, William, 1710-1767, surveyor.
Dalrymple, John, -1766, surveyor.
Dandridge, William, -1743.
Fitzwilliam, Richard, -1744.
Fry, Joshua, approximately 1700-1754, ca
Published / Created: 1755
Copyright Date: [about 1755]
Publication Place: London :
Publisher: Thomas Jefferys,
Description: A textual note at upper left reads "The Course of the Ohio or Alliganey River and its Branches are laid down from Surveys and Draughts made on the Spot by M.r Gist and others in the Years 1751, 2, 3 & 4".
Cartouche designed by Francis Hayman and engraved
Extent: 1 map on 4 sheets : copperplate engraving, hand colored ; each sheet 39 x 62 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale approximately 1:650,000
Coordinates: (W 82°26'00"--W 74°50'00"/N 40°08'00"--N 35°24'00")., 035.400000, 040.133333, -074.833333, -082.433333, 650000, and a
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: 783 1755F
Container / Volume: BRBL_00507

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: cartographic
Genre: Maps.
Resource Type: Maps, Atlases & Globes
Subject (Geographic): Maryland--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Middle Atlantic States--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Virginia--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name): Byrd, William, 1674-1744.
Churton, William, 1710-1767, surveyor.
Dalrymple, John, -1766, surveyor.
Dandridge, William, -1743.
Fitzwilliam, Richard, -1744.
Fry, Joshua, approximately 1700-1754, ca

Access And Usage Rights

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
Citation: British Museum, Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829
Cumming, W.P. Southeast in early maps, 281
Pritchard, Margaret Beck and Taliaferro, Henry G. Degrees of latitude. Mapping Colonial America, 30, State 6
Verner, Coolie. "The Fry and Jefferson map" in Imago Mundi XXI, page 86, state 3

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 8236336
Object ID (OID): 15811233