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Part of North America comprehending The Course of the Ohio, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Carolina & Georgia
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Part of North America comprehending The Course of the Ohio, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Carolina & Georgia

Date1782
Maker 1755 - 1835
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white line engraving with period color
DimensionsOH: 10 1/4" x OW: 13 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2017-115
DescriptionCartouche reads: "PART/ of/ NORTH AMERICA,/ comprehending/ The Course of the Ohio,/ NEW ENGLAND, NEW YORK,/ NEW JERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA,/ MARYLAND, VIRGINIA,/ CAROLINA & GEORGIA."
Below cartouche reads: "J. Cary sculp.t"
Lower margin reads: "Published Jan.y 19, 1782, by I. Fielding, N.o 23, Pater-noster Row."Label TextIn an attempt to publish maps depicting the newly formed United States, mapmakers turned recycled pre-Revolutionary maps. John Cary Sr. used geography from Robert De Vaugondy's 1755 map of the east coast. The inset in the upper left corner was added to include South Carolina and Georgia.

This copy is published in William C. Wooldridge, “Mapping Virginia: From the Age of Exploration to the Civil War” (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012), #132, pp. 142-143.ProvenanceBefore 2003, Webster's Fine Books & Maps (Toronto, Ontario); 2003, purchased by William C. Wooldridge (Norfolk, VA); 2009, purchased by the Virginia Cartographical Society (Norfolk, VA); 2017-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
A/ NEW MAP/ of the Western Parts of/ VIRGINIA, PENNSYLVANIA,/ MARYLAND and NORTH CAROLINA;/ Comprehending the RIVER OHIO, and all the Rivers, which fall into it;/ Part of the RIVER MISSISSIPPI, the Whole of the/ ILLINOIS RIVER,/ LAKE ERIE...
A/ NEW MAP/ of the Western Parts of/ VIRGINIA, PENNSYLVANIA,/ MARYLAND and NORTH CAROLINA;/ Comprehending the RIVER OHIO, and all the Rivers, which fall into it;/ Part of the RIVER MISSISSIPPI, the Whole of the/ ILLINOIS RIVER,/ LAKE ERIE...
Thomas Hutchins
1778
Not for publication
A New Map of Part of the United States of North America, Exhibiting The Western Territory; Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia &c. Also, the Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Ontario & Erie; With Upper and Lower Canada &c. From the Latest Authorities. By John Cary; Engraver 1805
John Cary Sr.
1808
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
D2006-CMD-426
A general Map of the/ MIDDLE BRITISH COLONIES, in AMERICA,/. Viz VIRGINIA, MARILAND, DELAWARE, PENSILVANIA,/ NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT, and RHODE ISLAND:
Lewis Evans (ca. 1700-1756)
1755
2017-216, Map
A general MAP of the MIDDLE BRITISH COLONIES, in AMERICA; Viz VIRGINIA, MÀRILAND, DÈLAWARE, PENSILVANIA, NEW-JERSEY, NEW-YORK, CONNECTICUT, and RHODE ISLAND...
Lewis Evans (ca. 1700-1756)
1755
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
Not for publication
New Map of the States of Georgia, South and North Carolina Virginia and Maryland Including the Spanish Provinces ofWest and East Florida From the latest Surveys
Cornelius Tiebout
1793
KC1973-342
THE/ AMERICAN/ Military Pocket Atlas;/ BEING/ An approved Collection of Correct MAPS,/ BOTH GENERAL AND PARTICULAR,/ OF/ THE BRITISH COLONIES;/ Especially those which now are, or probably may be/ THE THEATRE OF WAR:
Robert Sayer (1725-1794) & John Bennett (fl. 1760-1787)
1776
A Chart of the Coast of New York, New Jersey; Pennsilvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, &c.
A Chart of the Coast of New York, New Jersey; Pennsilvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, &c.
Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres
1780
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
A Large Mapp of VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, PENSYLVANIA, East and West NEW JERSEY, & NEW YORK...
A Large Mapp of VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, PENSYLVANIA, East and West NEW JERSEY, & NEW YORK...
Samuel Thornton
1701?/1709?
Not for publication
A Chart of the Sea coasts of New-England New Jarsey Virginia Maryland and Carolina From C. Cod to C. Hatteras By John Seller Hydrog'r to the King
John Seller
1675