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A Correct Map of Virginia
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A Correct Map of Virginia

Date1814
Maker 1760 - 1839
OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
MediumBlack and white line engraving with period outline color
DimensionsOH:16 1/2" x OW: 20 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2017-167
DescriptionUpper right corner reads: "A/ Correct Map of/ VIRGINIA"Label TextThis map was originally published in Mathew Carey's "General Atlas" published in 1814. The General Atlas established a style in American maps for outlining counties in outline color or completely.

William C. Wooldridge, "Mapping Virginia: From the Age of Exploration to the Civil War" (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012), # 187, pp. 205-210.ProvenanceBefore 2004, Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps (La Jolla, CA); 2004, 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).
Map 2017-99
C. Virginia und Maryland
Johann Baptist Homann
1737
2017-121, Map
The Middle States and Western Territories of the United States including The Seat of the Western war 1812.
Mathew Carey
1812
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
Not for publication
Virginia
Anthony Finley
1826
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A Map of the State of Virginia
Herman Boye
1827/1859
D2006-CMD-428
A New and Correct CHART/ Shewing the VARIATIONS of the/ COMPASS/ in the/ WESTERN & SOUTHERN/ OCEANS...
Edmond Halley
ca. 1700
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Not for publication
Map of Virginia and Maryland Constructed from the Latest Authorities[.] Published by S. Augustus Mitchell Philadelphia 1833
Samuel Augustus Mitchell
1833
Not for publication
A MAP OF/ VIRGINIA/ AND/ MARYLAND
John Speed
1676
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
Le Canada faict par le Sr de Champlain, ou sont La Nouvelle France, La Nouvelle Angleterre, La Nouvelle Holande, La Nouvelle Svede, La Virginie &c ...
Le Canada faict par le Sr de Champlain, ou sont La Nouvelle France, La Nouvelle Angleterre, La Nouvelle Holande, La Nouvelle Svede, La Virginie &c ...
Samuel de Champlain
1616/1677
Not for publication
Map of Virginia and Maryland Constructed from the Latest Authorities[,] Published by S. Augustus Mitchell[,] Philadelphia 1831
Samuel Augustus Mitchell
1831