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Source Description
Prime meridians: Philadelphia, Curratuck Inlet, and London.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
0r96fq87q
label
A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
0r96fq87q
contentType
map
stage
normalized
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
description
Prime meridians: Philadelphia, Curratuck Inlet, and London.
date
["[1768]"]
year
1768
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
4000137_0066
creators
Fry, Joshua, approximately 1700-1754
Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Indians of North America--Middle Atlantic States--Maps--Early works to 1800
Virginia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Maryland--Maps--Early works to 1800
Middle Atlantic States--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Maryland
Middle Atlantic
North and Central America
United States
Virginia
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Virginia
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
Printed for Robt. Sayer ... & Thos. Jefferys
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z222j
schema:latitude
37
schema:longitude
-80
extent
1 map on 4 sheets ; 76 x 123 cm., on sheets 55 x 73 cm.
notes
Prime meridians: Philadelphia, Curratuck Inlet, and London.
Relief shown pictorially.
"To the Right Honourable, George Dunk Earl of Halifax ... [by] Thos. Jefferys."
Includes notes and distance chart.
Appears in Jefferys' General topography of North America and the West Indies. London: Printed for Robert Sayer, ... and Thomas Jefferys, 1768.
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no
dcId
0r96fq87q
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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