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A new map of the English empire in America: viz. Virginia, Maryland, Carolina, New York, New Iarsey, New England, Pennsylvania, Newfoundland, New France &c.

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Title
A new map of the English empire in America: viz. Virginia, Maryland, Carolina, New York, New Iarsey, New England, Pennsylvania, Newfoundland, New France &c.
Names
Morden, Robert, d. 1703 (Cartographer)
Harris, John, fl. 1680-1740 (Engraver)
Senex, John, d. 1740 (Cartographer)
Collection

Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases

Charts and maps

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1721
Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Daniel Browne ... , John Senex ...
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 97-6118 [LHS 503]
Topics
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America
North America
Genres
Maps
Notes
Funding: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Copy in Map Div. 97-6118: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection.
Content: Dedication at head of title: Most humbly inscrib'd to Hewer Edgly Hewer of Clapham Esqr: &c.
Publications: From the author's New general atlas. 1721.
Content: Insets: The harbour of Boston or Mattathusetts Bay -- A generall map of the coasts & isles of Europe, Africa and America.
Content: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 503.
Content: Printed from the same plate as Robert Morden's map of the same title, ca. 1695--Cumming, 119, 172.
Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Citation/reference: Cumming 172
Citation/reference: Karpinski, L.C. Printed maps of Michigan, XLVI
Citation/reference: Stevens & Tree, 20
Statement of responsibility: revis'd by Ion. Senex, 1719 ; I. Harris, sculp.
Physical Description
Engravings
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 50 x 59 cm.
NYPL copy includes ms. notations in ink plotting sea route.
Watermarks include fleur-de-lis and "H D."
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 6714763
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13875030
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 35dd0bc0-c5d5-012f-6853-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1721: Issued
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A new map of the English empire in America" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1721. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-afd5-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1721). A new map of the English empire in America Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-afd5-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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A new map of the English empire in America