A map of the most inhabited part of New England, containing the provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, with the colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island, divided into counties and townships; the whole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations. Tabula geographica cultis simam delineans Novæ Angliæ partem, provincias nempe Massachusets Bay et New Hampshire colonias porro Connecticut et Rhode Island

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A map of the most inhabited part of New England, containing the provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, with the colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island, divided into counties and townships; the whole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations. Tabula geographica cultis simam delineans Novæ Angliæ partem, provincias nempe Massachusets Bay et New Hampshire colonias porro Connecticut et Rhode Island

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Scale ca. 1:460,000.
Hand colored.
Prime meridian: London and Ferron.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes note "Camp of the colonists 1776," across the Hudson River from Kings Bridge and insets "Ichnographia portus Bostoniensis" ca. 1:150,000 and "Ichnographia urbis Boston."
Each sheet from different states.
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 803
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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AACR2: 651; 700

Ancient Maps from the Library of Congress. 13th -18th Century Maps.

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Date

01/01/1777
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Contributors

Probst, Johann Michael, -1809.
Voch, Lukas, 1728-1783.
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Source

Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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