Title: A map of the state of Pennsylvania
- Image data
- 1792
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)
Dates
- Coverage: 1792
Publishers
- London : Published for the author & sold by James Phillips, 1 August, 1792.
Summary
The dedication below the title cartouche reads "To Thomas Mifflin Governor, the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, this map is respectfully inscribed by the author". Below the dedication is a scene of a dock-side ship named "PENN." At the top center of map is a copyright statement beginning: "District of Pennsylvania to wit. be it remembered, that on the eleventh day of January in the fifteenth year of the independence of the United States of America, came Reading Howell ... " According to Wheat and Brun, the map was published from four plates and each plate was published over a period of time. Relief shown by hachures. Shows county boundaries, towns, villages, forges, mills, houses, some names of property owners, roads and inland navigation. This map was Howell's first map of Pennsylvania, published after the Republic was established. Historic Maps copy has boundaries and names of counties founded after 1792 added in ms. 1 August, 1792.
Subjects
- Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania—Administrative and political divisions—Maps—Early works to 1800
- Pennsylvania—Industries—Maps—Early works to 1800
- Pennsylvania—Maps—Early works to 1800
- Maps—Pennsylvania—1792
- Other
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-80.5501, -74.6895, 42.5147, 39.5919)
- Geometry: BBOX (-80.5501, -74.6895, 42.5147, 39.5919)
Provider
Princeton
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Howell, Reading, 1743-1827, Howell, Reading, 1743-1827. A map of the state of Pennsylvania. London : Published for the author & sold by James Phillips, 1 August, 1792.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-5d86p2691
Format
TIFF
Languages
- eng