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A New Map of Virginia and Maryland
Not for publication

A New Map of Virginia and Maryland

Date1708
Maker
OriginEngland, London
MediumLine engraving and etching on laid paper
DimensionsTo the neat lines: 10" x 7"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2017-93
DescriptionUpper right corner text reads: "Vol. 1. Page 209."
Cartouche reads: "A New Map of/ VIRGINIA/ and/ MARYLAND/ by H. Moll Geographer."Label TextThe importance of this small map, which is not as precisely drawn as most, is that at the time it was one of the most widely distributed maps of the Chesapeake Bay area. It was published in various editions and atlasses since its first appearance in John Oldmixon's "The British Empire in America" in 1708 (this copy). The map served as the main tool for learning the geography of the area.

This copy published in William C. Wooldridge, "Mapping Virginia: From the Age of Exploration to the Civil War" (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012), #85, p.90.ProvenanceBefore 2002, Richard B. Arkway (New York, NY); 2002, purchased by William C. Wooldridge (Suffolk, VA); 2009, purchased by the Virginia Cartographical Society (Norfolk, VA); 2017-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
TC2001-0064
A New and Exact MAP of the DOMINIONS/ of the KING of GREAT BRITAIN/ on y.e Continent of NORTH AMERICA.
Herman Moll (1654?-1732)
After 1735; originally published 1715
TC2000-0699
A New MAP of the North Parts of/ AMERICA claimed by FRANCE/ under y.e Names of LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPI, CANADA and/ NEW FRANCE with y.e Adjoyning Territories of ENGLAND and SPAIN.
Herman Moll (1654?-1732)
1720
Map 1984-210
VIRGINIA and/ MARYLAND
Herman Moll (1654?-1732)
1729 (originally published 1708)
DOS2005-PC-636
A MAP of/ NEW FRANCE/ Containing CANADA, LOUI=/SIANA &c. in N.th AMERICA.
Herman Moll (1654?-1732)
1712-1730
KC1979-514
To Her most Sacred MAJESTY/ CAROLINA/ QUEEN of GREAT BRITAIN,/ FRANCE & IRELAND./ This MAP of/ EUROPE/ According to the Newest and most Exact Observations...
Herman Moll (1654?-1732)
ca. 1732-1748
1979-285, Map
To the Right Honourable/ WILLIAM/ Lord Cowper, Lord High CHANCELLOR of/ GREAT BRITAIN./ This MAP of/ ASIA/ According to y.e Newest/ and most Exact Observations is/ most Humbly Dedica/ ted by your Lordship's most Humble/ Servant/ Herman Moll Geographer.
Herman Moll (1654?-1732)
1715-1718
1985-165, Map
A New & Exact MAP of the Coast, Countries/ and Islands within y.e LIMITS of y.e/ SOUTH SEA COMPANY,/ from y.e River Aranoca to Terra del Fuego, and from thence/ through y.e South Sea to y.e North Part of California &c.
Herman Moll (1654?-1732)
ca. 1740 (originally published 1711)
DS1988-0980
A MAP of the/ WEST-INDIES/ or the Islands of AMERICA/ in the NORTH SEA; with y.e adjacent/ Countries; explaining what belongs to SPAIN,/ ENGLAND, FRANCE, HOLLAND &c.
Herman Moll (1654?-1732)
1740-1745 (originally published 1715)
2012-DOS-003
A Map of Mexico or New Spain Florida now called Louisiana and Part of California & c.
Herman Moll (1654?-1732)
1708
1940-418, Map
A New Map of VIRGINIA. MARYLAND, PENSILVANIA, NEW JERSEY, Part of NEW YORK, And CAROLINA.
John Thornton
1723-1728, originally published ca. 1701
1968-11, Map
A MAP of/ the most INHABITED part of/ VIRGINIA/ containing the whole PROVINCE of/ MARYLAND/ with Part of/ PENSILVANIA, NEW JERSEY AND NORTH CAROLINA
Joshua Fry (ca. 1700-1754) & Peter Jefferson (1708-1757)
1768; first published ca. 1753
Not for publication
A New Map of the English Empire in America viz Virginia New York Maryland New Jarsey Carolina New England Pennsylvania Newfoundland New France &c by Rob: Morden Sold by Rob't Morden at the Atlas in Cornhill. And by Christopher Brown at ye Globe near the West end of St. Pauls Church: London
Robert Morden (d. 1703)
1695