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Senex, John, -1740

A new map of the English empire in America viz Virginia New York Maryland New Jarsey Carolina New England Pennsylvania Newfoundland New France &c.

1719

  • Creator

    Senex, John, -1740

  • Title(s)

    A new map of the English empire in America [cartographic material] : viz Virginia New York Maryland New Jarsey Carolina New England Pennsylvania Newfoundland New France &c. / Revis'd by Ion. Senex 1719. ; J. Harris sculp.

  • Additional Title(s)

    Inset title: Harbour of Boston or Mattathusetts Bay
    Inset title: Generall map of the coasts & isles of Europe, Africa and America

  • Published/Created

    [London] : [John Senex], 1719.

  • Physical Description

    1 map : engraving, hand colored ; 49 x 58 cm, on sheet 55 x 63 cm

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    Folio C 2010 3g
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Maps & Atlas (printed)

  • Scale

    Scale [ca. 1:6,500,000]. Scales of insets vary, -- (W 91°52'00"-- W 66°56'00"/N 59°29'00"-- N 7°09'00").

  • Notes

    Relief shown pictorially.
    Original map by Robert Morden.
    Dedicated to Henver Edgly Henver.
    Inset: The harbour of Boston or Massachusetts Bay.
    Inset: A generall map of the coast & isles of Europe, Africa and America.
    Reissue of Robert Morden's map of [1695] with changes to author, imprint, and replacement of British coat of arms with dedication to Herver.
    From John Senex's "A new general atlas ..., London, 1721," p. 236.
    List of maps of America in the Library of Congress, II, no. 750 p. 464-466, State 4.
    BAC: British Art Center copy is hand-colored.
    Subject: Map of The United States and Canada showing the Appalachian Mountains running from Virginia to central Florida. Includes inset map of the Atlantic Ocean showing the coastlines in America, Africa and Europe. Also includes an inset of Boston.
  • Subject Terms

    Atlantic Ocean -- Maps. |
    Boston (Mass.) -- Maps. |
    Canada -- Maps. |
    United States -- Maps.

  • Form/Genre

    Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1719. | Maps -- Atlantic Ocean. | Maps -- Canada. | Maps -- Massachusetts. | Maps -- United States. | Maps.

  • Contributors

    Harris, John | Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703

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