Research Catalog

Title

A compleat map of North-Carolina from an actual survey [cartographic material] / by Capt'n Collet, Governor of Fort Johnston ; engraved by I. Bayly.

Author

Collet, John

Publication

No. 25 Ludgate Hill, London : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, May the 1st. 1770, by S. Hooper, 1770.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bayly, J.
• Hooper, S. (Samuel)
• Ford Collection

Description

1 map : hand colored; 69 x 107 cm, sheet 78 x 112 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US184.1.04

Subjects

• Real property
• Landowners
• North Carolina > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Real property > North Carolina > Maps > Early works to 1800
• North Carolina > Granville District
• Granville District (N.C.) > Boundaries > Maps
• Boundaries
• Early works
• Landowners > North Carolina > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Maps
• Indians of North America > North Carolina > Maps > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

• Early works.
• Maps.

Note

• Prime meridians: London and Currituck Inlet.
• Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
• Shows location of cities, towns, forts, roads, chapels, houses, mountains, rivers, creeks, streams, and rural householders' names.
• Includes North Carolina west to the Blue Ridge mountains, and parts of Virginia and South Carolina. Native American tribes mentioned include the Meherrin, Catawba, and Tuscarora.
• A dotted line across the state at 35.5 degrees latitude is probably the Granville Line; the area north of this line, and possibly the soundings, are based on the surveys of William Churton.
• Cartouche in the lower right corner contains a dedication to George III, surmounted by the Hanoverian crest "To His most Excellent Majesty George the IIId. King of Great Britain, &c. &c. &c. This Map is most humbly dedicated by His Majesty's most humble obedient & dutiful subject. John Collet."
• The cartouche also contains symbols of the new world including an Indian, an alligator and a wildcat.
• At upper left: 82° 19' W. Long. from London...6 Degrees of Long. from Currituck Inlet
• Library copy: Second state. State 2 (of 2) of the map identified by the depiction of a marshy area below Cross Creek (not evident on State 1)

Indexed In (note)

• Cumming, W.P. Southeast in early maps
• LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789
• Phillips, P.L. List of Maps of America in the Library of Congress
• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 17-5014

LCCN

83693769

OCLC

9685123

Author

Collet, John, cartographer.

Title

A compleat map of North-Carolina from an actual survey [cartographic material] / by Capt'n Collet, Governor of Fort Johnston ; engraved by I. Bayly.

Imprint

No. 25 Ludgate Hill, London : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, May the 1st. 1770, by S. Hooper, 1770.

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:550,000; British miles 69 1/2 to a degree; geometrical miles 60 to a degree (W 81°42'--W 75°32'/N 36°35'--N 33°18).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

Cumming, W.P. Southeast in early maps, entry 394

LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, entry 1500

Phillips, P.L. List of Maps of America in the Library of Congress, p. 614

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division , vol. 7, page 272, column 1, row 3

Source

US184.1.04

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

LC Copy 1

LC Copy 2

Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

Bayly, J., engraver.

Hooper, S. (Samuel), publisher.

Ford Collection

Research Call Number

Map Div. 17-5014 [Filed with oversized maps]