| Cartographic Data |
Scale [ca. 1:650,000] (W 84⁰00ʹ--W 72⁰50ʹ/N 40⁰15ʹ--N 35⁰45ʹ). |
| Description |
1 map on 4 sheets ; 79 x 122 cm., sheets 56 x 79 cm. |
| Note |
Relief shown pictorially. |
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Prime meridians: London, Philadelphia and Curratuck Inlet. |
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"To the Right Honourable George Dunk, Earl of Halifax, First Lord Commissioner, and to the rest of the Right Honourable and Honourable Commissioners, for Trade and Plantations. This map is most humbly inscribed to their Lordships Most Obedient & most devoted humble sevt. Thos. Jefferys. " |
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Described in: Fry & Jefferson map of Virginia and Maryland : facsimiles of the 1754 and 1794 printings. 1966. p. [14], [1755?b] |
| Indexed In: |
Variant of Cumming, W.P. Southeast in early maps, 281 |
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LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1428 |
| Note |
Includes distance chart added by "J. Dalrymple, London Jany. ye 1st. 1755." |
| Local Note |
NYPL copy has sheets numbered on verso: 48-51. |
| Subject |
Virginia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
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Maryland -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
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Middle Atlantic States -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
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| Added Author |
Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757.
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Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771.
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| Donor/Sponsor |
Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 61.
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National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
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| Call No. |
Map Div. 97-6281
[LHS 61]
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| Research Call Number |
Map Div. 97-6281 [LHS 61]
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