Morden, Robert, approximately 1650-1703, A new map of the English plantations in America, [ca. 1677]
- Title(s):
- A new map of the English plantations in America [cartographic material] : both continent and ilands : shewing their true situation and distance from England or one with another / by Robert Morden ... and William Berry.
- Additional Title(s):
- English plantations in America
- Published/Created:
- London : Robert Morden, at the Atlas, in Cornhill, nere the Royal Exchange, and William Berry, at the Globe, between York House and the New Exchange in the Strand, London, [ca. 1677]
- Physical Description:
- 1 map : engraving ; 42 x 52 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio C 2010 3dYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3439379
- Classification:
- Maps & Atlas (printed)
- Scale:
- Scale [ca. 1:10,000,000].
- Notes:
- Relief shown pictorially.
Inset: [Northern Europe and American hemisphere].
The second state of this map, ca. 1677, includes "The Rickohockans" to the west of the Applachians, and "Felis Lake" next to the Royal Arms. See: Burden.
Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America, 431
Cumming, W.P. Southeast in early maps (3rd ed.), 73
BAC: British Art Center copy on sheet 48 x 60 cm. Hand-colored. - Subject Terms:
- Plantations -- United States -- Maps.Plantations -- West Indies -- Maps.United States -- Maps.West Indies -- Maps.
- Form/Genre:
- Maps -- United States.
Maps -- West Indies.
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1677. - Export:
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Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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