Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland

Containers:

Drawer 122 : L : 7, Section 2

Creator:

Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles, 1688-1766, Fry, Joshua, approximately 1700-1754, and Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757

Extent:

1 Sheets

Scope and content:

"Originally published in 1753, the Fry-Jefferson map was the most accurate map of Virginia at that time. This French version was printed at the beginning of the French and Indian War, which began when Governor Robert Dinwiddie ordered George Washington and his Virginia troops to drive the French off British-claimed land. Most of the indigenous names featured in John Smith's map are gone, replaced by Anglo-American settlements." -- Mapping the "New World": Highlights from the Paul Schott Stevens Collection

Language:

French .

Material specific details:

Scale [ca. 1:870,000] (W 80⁰30ʹ--W 74⁰30ʹ/N 40⁰00ʹ--N 36⁰20ʹ). Scale listed as "Mille pas geometriques de 60 au degre. Lieues marines d'Angleterre de 20 au degre. Milles de 69 au degre". Relief shown pictorially. Cardinal points marked "Septentrion, Orient, Midi, Occident". Includes title cartouche, "Carte De La Virginie Et Du Maryland, Dressee sur la grande carte Angloisede Mrs. Josue Fry et Pierre Jefferson, Par le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy Geographe ordinaire du Roi, Avec Privlege, 1755". Name listed "Groux".

Physical facet:

1 map ; hand colored

Dimensions:

65 x 49 cm, on sheet 67 x 51 cm

Other descriptive data:

Paris : Giles Robert de Vaugondy, 1755

Subjects:

Maps (documents)

Names:

Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles, 1688-1766
Fry, Joshua, approximately 1700-1754
Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757

Places:

Virginia
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Delaware

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