The Province of New Jersey : divided into East and West, commonly called the Jerseys

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The Province of New Jersey
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Item Information

Title:
The Province of New Jersey : divided into East and West, commonly called the Jerseys
Creator:
Faden, William, 1749-1836
Contributor:
Ratzer, Bernard.
Contributor:
Bancker, Gerard, 1740-1799
Name on Item:
Engraved & published by Wm. Faden.
Date:
1778
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
New York Public Library
Collection (local):
Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases
Subjects:
New Jersey--Maps--Early works to 1800
New Jersey--Administrative and political divisions--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
New Jersey
Extent:
1 map : col. ; 78 x 57 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] : Wm. Faden
Edition:
2d ed. with considerable improvements
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:420,000]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-c689-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Notes:
Hand colored.
Prime meridian: Philadelphia.
Relief shown by hachures.
Shows county boundaries and "Division line run in 1743 between East New Jersey and West New Jersey."
"This map has been drawn from the survey made in 1769 ... by Bernard Ratzer ... and from another large survey of the northern parts ... by Gerard Banker."
"In this second edition great use has been made of several military surveys generously communicated by officers of the British troops and of the regiments of Hesse and Anspach."
Includes table of "Astronomical observations."
LCCN:
74692518