A Map of Virginia and Maryland
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1676
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London: T. Basset
Abstract
1 map hand colored; 36 x 48 cm.; Scale: ca. 1:1,000,000. Verso: text titled "The Description of Mary-Land" and "The Description of Virginia".
Description
Description from Mapping Maryland: "Speed included this work, the ninth and last major derivative of Smith's map, in his "Theatre of the Empire". It is an important map since it reflects new information published by Augustine Herrman some three years earlier."
Description from "Maryland from the Willard Hackerman Map Collection", George Peabody Library Exhibit Oct. 9, 2018 - March 16, 2019: "The English publisher John Speed included this map in his work :The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain". It shows the influence not only of the Smith map. but also incorporated important new place names as found in the large Herrman map Issued, uncolored, the map features red underlining and perimeter markings, which may have been added to special presentation copies for important customers.".
Description from "Maryland from the Willard Hackerman Map Collection", George Peabody Library Exhibit Oct. 9, 2018 - March 16, 2019: "The English publisher John Speed included this map in his work :The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain". It shows the influence not only of the Smith map. but also incorporated important new place names as found in the large Herrman map Issued, uncolored, the map features red underlining and perimeter markings, which may have been added to special presentation copies for important customers.".
Keywords
Maryland--Maps, Virginia--Maps