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Virginia, Marylandia et Carolina in America Septentrionali Britannorum industria excultæ

repræsentatæ à Ioh. Bapt. Homann, S.C.M. Geog. Norimbergae.
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Online; Map
Description
1 map : hand col. ; 48 x 57 cm.
Mathematical info
Scale [ca. 1:2,125,000].
Published
[Nuremberg : Homann, ca. 1714]
Notes
Also covers Delaware, southern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, western Long Island, southwestern Connecticut, and portions of adjacent areas.
Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings.
Scale: Milliaria Germanica
According to Cumming and DeVorsey, this map first appeard in Homann's Atlas Novus, 1714, and afterwards in a number of atlases throughout the century. Versions appearing after 1730 or so have the phrase "Cum Privilegio Sac. Caes. majest." added below "Norimbergae" in the cartouche.
Elaborate cartouche.
Cited in
Cumming and DeVorsey, Southeast in early maps, 3rd ed. rev. and enlarged, 1998, no. 156, Plate 46.
Local Notes
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: Area Table 75 1714 Homann Copy 1: Imperfect: contains several small wormholes and the lower margin is chipped; verdigris show-through on verso. Tracy W. McGregor Library, American History Collection.
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: Area Table 75 1714 Homann Copy 2: Minimal staining in lower left margin. Tracy W. McGregor Library, American History Collection.
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: G3870 1714 .H6: Imperfect: Staining and damage with image loss at upper left corner. All edges trimmed to the border; mounted on linen.
Language
Place names predominantly in Latin and English.
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