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Covers southern portions of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, eastern section of Maryland, Delaware, and northeastern section of Virginia.

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Document identity
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z603vm71s
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A map of that part of America where a degree of latitude was measured for the Royal Society
core
obj
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map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
z603vm71s
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A map of that part of America where a degree of latitude was measured for the Royal Society
description
Covers southern portions of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, eastern section of Maryland, Delaware, and northeastern section of Virginia.
date
["[1769]"]
year
1769
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
reuseAllowed
creative commons
language
English
creators
Mason, Charles, 1728-1786
Dixon, Jeremiah
institution
Massachusetts Historical Society
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Massachusetts Historical Society Map Collection
subjects
Middle Atlantic States--Maps--Early works to 1800
Delaware--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Delaware
Middle Atlantic
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Delaware
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
[s.n.]
Source extras
institutionArkId
6m311p37v
collectionArkId
dn39z222j
schema:latitude
39
schema:longitude
-75.6667
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 17 x 10 cm.
notes
Covers southern portions of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, eastern section of Maryland, Delaware, and northeastern section of Virginia.
In upper right corner: Gent. Mag. Nov. 1769.
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dcId
z603vm71s
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map
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