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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
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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:
Maps -- United States.
Maps -- Canada.
Maps -- Massachusetts.
Maps -- Atlantic Ocean.
Maps.
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1719.
Contributors:
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650-1703.
Harris, John, engraver.
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