MAP of the Western parts of the COLONY of VIRGINIA, as far as the Mississipi

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MAP of the Western parts of the COLONY of VIRGINIA, as far as the Mississipi
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Title:
MAP of the Western parts of the COLONY of VIRGINIA, as far as the Mississipi
Cartographer:
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Former owner:
George, III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Donor:
George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Date:
1754
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Virginia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Middle West--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Midwest (area)
Virginia
Extent:
1 map : copperplate engraving, hand colour in outline ; 24 x 36 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
[London] : [Thomas Jefferys]
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:4,500,000
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01016687501
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially.
Publication details from Schwartz.
Title at lower left.
Shows longitude west from London at top of map and longitude west from Ferro at bottom of map.
Published in the 1754 London edition of "The Journal of Major George Washington ... with a new map of the country as far as the Mississippi".
Titled "A Map of the Western parts of the Colony of Virginia as far as the Mississippi" in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.
Extends from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the east to the Mississippi River in the west. Lake Huron is shown in the north and detail extends southwards to the border with North Carolina.
In: The Journal of Major George Washington.