A general map of the middle British colonies, in America : viz Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island : of Aquanishuonîgy, the country of the confederate Indians : comprehending Aquanishuonîgy proper, their place of residence, Ohio and Tïiuxsoxrúntie, their deer-hunting countries, Couxsaxráge and Skaniadarâde, their beaver-hunting countries : of the lakes Erie, Ontário and Champlain, and of part of New-France : wherein is also shewn the antient and present seats of the Indian nations

British Colonies in America, 1755

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British Colonies in America, 1755

Geographic Area Covered:

Middle Atlantic States, Northeastern States, Ohio River Valley

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(W 88°30ʹ--W 72°35ʹ/N 46°10ʹ--36°20ʹ)

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Full Title: A general map of the middle British colonies, in America : viz Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island : of Aquanishuonîgy, the country of the confederate Indians : comprehending Aquanishuonîgy proper, their place of residence, Ohio and Tïiuxsoxrúntie, their deer-hunting countries, Couxsaxráge and Skaniadarâde, their beaver-hunting countries : of the lakes Erie, Ontário and Champlain, and of part of New-France : wherein is also shewn the antient and present seats of the Indian nations

Creators:

Evans, Lewis, 1700?-1756

Publisher:

Published according to Act of Parliament by Lewis Evans ... and sold by R. Dodsley ... & by the author ...

Publisher Location:

Philadelphia

Date Created:

1755

Contributors:

Turner, James, -1759, Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764, Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805, Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, Hall, David, 1714-1772, Rouse, Jno., active 1755, Deering, Frank Cutter, 1866-1939

Subjects:

Indians of North America

Form/Genre:

Maps

Mode of Travel:

Trails, Waterways

Context of Travel:

Migration, Trade routes, Travel accounts

Time Period Covered:

1755

Notes:

"By Lewis Evans, 1755."
"Engraved by Jas. Turner in Philadephia."
"Published according to Act of Parliament by Lewis Evans, June 23, 1755, and sold by R. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, London, & by the author in Philadelphia, 1755."
Includes dedication to British colonial official Thomas Pownall, extensive notes about Indians, inland water communications, and natural resources, and distance tables for Québec (Québec), Fort Duquesne (Pa.), and Albany (N.Y.).Scale [ca. 1:2,270,000]
Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridians: London and Philadelphia.
Inset (16 x 13 cm.): A Sketch of the remaining parts of Ohio R. &c.
Title page inscription: Jno. Rouse 1755.
Bookplate of Frank C. Deering.
Torn with minor loss of title text.
State 1 of the map; cf. Wheat & Brun.

Contained In:

Detached from: Geographical, historical, political, philosophical and mechanical essays / by Lewis Evans. Philadelphia : Printed by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, 1755.

Original Collection:

Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library)

Referenced In:

McCorkle, New England in early printed maps (2001), p. 119, no. 755.15, Klinefelter, Walter. "Lewis Evans and his maps" in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, v. 61, pt. 7 (1971), p. 3-65, Wheat & Brun. Maps & charts published in America before 1800 (1969), p. 65-66, no. 298, Gipson, Lawrence Henry. Lewis Evans (1939), 246 p., Stevens, Henry N. Lewis Evans: his map of the middle British colonies, 3d ed. (1924), p. [5]-15

Citation

Evans, Lewis, "A General Map of the Middle British Colonies, in America : viz Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island" (Philadelphia : Lewis Evans, 1755), detached from Geographical, Historical, Political, Philosophical and Mechanical Essays (Philadelphia : Printed by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, 1755). Ayer map4F G3790 1755 .E9

Newberry Call Number:

Ayer map4F G3790 1755 .E9

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Geographic Area Covered:

Middle Atlantic States, Northeastern States, Ohio River Valley

Original Resource:

Digital reproduction of: 1 map : hand col. ; 49 x 66 cm.

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