A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina.

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Repository	North Carolina Collection
Title	A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina.
Date Published	1775
Date Depicted	1775
Creator - Individual	Fry, Joshua, 1700 (ca.)-1754. Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757. Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771.
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Robert Sayer and Thomas Jeffreys Robert Sayer
Caption	In cartouche: "To the Right Honourable George Dunk Earl of Halifax First Lord Commissioner; and to the Rest of the Right Honourable and Honourable Commissioners for Trade and Plantations This Map is most Humbly Inscribed to their Lordships By their Lordships Most Obedient & most devoted humble Sevt. Thos. Jefferys." Bottom of map: "Printed for Robt. Sawyer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, & Thos. Jefferys at the Corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross, London."
Abstract	Shows northern North Carolina, Virginia, and parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey. Relief shown pictorially. The North Carolina section of the map includes forts, ferries, natural features, and "The Trading Path Leading to the Catawbah & Cherokee Indian Nations." Notes along the bottom of the map describe the surveying of the border between Virginia and North Carolina. Prime meridians: London and Philadelphia. Includes distance chart. Numbered on verso: "20 -- 21."
Reference	William P. Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps, Third Edition. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. Map 449.
Related Item	Appears in The American atlas. London: Thomas Jefferys 1775.
OCLC	5402578
Type	General
Details	Colors Creeks and Streams Decorative Illustrations Distances Forts Swamps
Subject - Geographic	North Carolina--Maps--Early works to 1800. Maryland--Maps--Early works to 1800. Virginia--Maps--Early works to 1800. Middle Atlantic States--Maps--Early works to 1800. Great Britain--Colonies--America--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Subject - Topical	Colonial cities--Middle Atlantic States--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Places Depicted	North Carolina Virginia
West Longitude	-82.828611
East Longitude	-72.695278
North Latitude	40.2
South Latitude	35.833333
Scale	1:660,000
Size	77 x 122 cm.
Medium	Paper
Format	Maps
Language	English
Digital Collection	North Carolina Maps
Host	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sponsor	North Carolina Maps is made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina.
Call Number	CCm912 1776f

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A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina.

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