A Map of Some of the South and Eastbounds of Pennsylvania in America being partly inhabited, 1681

Item — Folder: 34

Identifier: id149385

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Scope and Contents

"Sold by John Thornton at the Signe of England Scotland and Ireland in the Minories, and by John Seller at his Shop in Popeshead Alley in Cornhill, London," with a "description at the end of it and some proposals."

[Facsimile]

"The William Penn Map," first map of the state of Pennsylvania under William Penn - 1681. Reproduced from the exact size of the courtesy of the former owner Col. Henry D. Paxon of Philadelphia by Albert Cook Myers - cartographer

6.25 English Miles to 1 in

42 cm x 50 cm

Original located in the John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, Providence, RI

Subject/Index Terms: Pennsylvania--History--Maps.

Dates

Creation: 1681

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

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