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Title: A map of Pennsylvania exhibiting not only the improved parts of that Province, but also its extensive frontiers: Laid down from actual surveys and chiefly from the late map of W. Scull published in 1770; and humbly inscribed to the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, true and absolute proprietaries & Governors of the Province of Pennsylvania and the territories thereunto belonging

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Dates

  • Coverage: 1775

Publishers

  • London, Printed for Robt. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1775.

Summary

"Longitude west from London." "Published as the Act directs 10 June 1775." Relief shown pictorially. Shows county boundaries. Appears in Thomas Jefferys' The American atlas. 1775.

Subjects

  • Pennsylvania
  • Pennsylvania—Maps—Early works to 1800
  • Pennsylvania—Administrative and political divisions—Maps—Early works to 1800
  • Maps—Pennsylvania—1775
  • State maps—Pennsylvania—1775
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-79.9289, -74.26, 41.9176, 39.5051)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-79.9289, -74.26, 41.9176, 39.5051)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm). A map of Pennsylvania exhibiting not only the improved parts of that Province, but also its extensive frontiers: Laid down from actual surveys and chiefly from the late map of W. Scull published in 1770; and humbly inscribed to the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, true and absolute proprietaries & Governors of the Province of Pennsylvania and the territories thereunto belonging. London, Printed for Robt. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1775.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-8049g7545

Languages

  • eng