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A MAP OF THE COUNTY of DEVON, WITH THE CITY and COUNTY OF EXETER, Delineated from an ACTUAL SURVEY, on Twelve Sheets of Imperial Paper, the Scale an Inch to a Mile.
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A MAP OF THE COUNTY of DEVON, WITH THE CITY and COUNTY OF EXETER, Delineated from an ACTUAL SURVEY, on Twelve Sheets of Imperial Paper, the Scale an Inch to a Mile.

Date1765
Cartographer 1729 - 1798
Engraver 1719 - 1771
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white line engraving with period hand color on laid paper and bound
DimensionsOH: 20 5/8" x OW: 15 3/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1992-50
DescriptionThe lower right cartouche reads: "A MAP/ of the COUNTY of/ DEVON,/ abridged from the 12 Sheet/ SURVEY/ By Benjamin Donn./ Engraved by Tho.s Jefferys,/ Geographer to his MAJESTY."ProvenanceBefore 1992, Jim & Harriet Pratt Antiques (Charleston, SC); 1992-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
1955-486,A, Map
A New and Accurate MAP OF VIRGINIA Wherein most of the COUNTIES are laid down from ACTUAL SURVEYS. With A Concise Account of the Number of Inhabitants, the Trade, Soil, and Produce of that PROVINCE.
John Henry
February 1770
2019-49, Map
A Map of South Carolina and a part of Georgia. Containing the Whole Sea-Coast; all the Islands, Inlets, Rivers, Creeks, Parishes, Townships, Boroughs, Roads and Bridges: As Also, Several Plantations, with their proper Boundary-Lines, and the Names of the Propietors. Composed From Surveys taken by the Hon. William Bull Esq. Lieutenant Governor, Captain Gascoign, Hugh Bryan, Esq.; and William De Brahm Esqr. Surveyor General of the Southn. District of North America, Republished with considerable Additions, from the Surveys made & collected by John Stuart Esqr. His Majesty's Superintendant of Indian Affairs. By William Faden Successor to the late T. Jefferys, Geographer to the King. Charing Cross 1780.
William Faden
1780
TC2001-0100
A MAP of the most INHABITED part of NEW ENGLAND, containing the PROVINCES of MASSACHUSETS BAY and NEW HAMPSHIRE, with the COLONIES of KONEKTIKUT and RHODE ISLAND.
Braddock Mead
November 29, 1755
DS1995-0583
THE/ MAPS AND CHARTS/ TO THE/ MODERN PART/ OF THE UNIVERSAL HISTORY.
Emanuel Bowen
1766
1973-322, Map
A MAP of SOUTH CAROLINA And a PART of GEORGIA. containing the Whole Sea-Coast; all the Islands, Inlets, Rivers, Creeks, Parishes, Townships, Boroughs, Roads, and Bridges: AS ALSO, Several Plantations, with their proper Boundary-Lines...
William Gerard De Brahm
1757
1984-209, Map
CHART of the ATLANTIC OCEAN, with the BRITISH, FRENCH, & SPANISH/ Settlements in NORTH AMERICA, and the WEST INDIES;/ as also on the Coast of AFRICA.
Thomas Jefferys
1768
TC2000-0667
A MAP/ OF THE/ Province OF New York;/ with Part of/ PENSILVANIA,/ AND/ NEW ENGLAND,/ From an Actual Survey by/ Captain Montresor,/ ENGINEER, 1775.
Captain John Montresor
June 10, 1775
Map 2017-222
North America from the French of Mr. D' Anville Improved with the Back Settlements of Virginia and Course of Ohio Illustrated with Geographical and Historical Remarks
Thomas Jefferys
1755
TC2000-0591
PLAN/ of the/ CITY of NEW YORK,/ in/ NORTH AMERICA:/ Surveyed in the Years 1766 & 1767.
Bernard Ratzer
January 12, 1776
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
Survey of Thomas Winn's Land in Hanover County, Virginia
P. Sheetz
1800/1816
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