A general map of the middle British colonies, in America. Containing Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware counties, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. With the addition of New York, and the greatest part of New England, as also of the bordering parts of the province of Quebec, improved from several surveys made after the late war, and corrected from Governor Pownall's late map 1776.
Summary
Scale ca. 1:2,300,000.
Hand colored.
Relief shown pictorially.
"The seat of the war in the middle British colonies, containing Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware counties, &ca."
From the author's The American military pocket atlas. [1776]
Inset: A sketch of the upper parts of Canada.
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 714
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Two copies. Copy 1 has Virginia and New York outlined in red and New England in yellow. Copy 2 has Virginia and New York outlined in yellow and New England in brown.
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Date
01/01/1776
Contributors
Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805.
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Source
Library of Congress
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Public Domain