COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Map of the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
Obj Height cm:
36
Obj Width cm:
33
Scale 1:
6,336,000
Note:
Map shows the boundaries between each state, the United States and Spanish Dominions, and each Indian Nation. Without color.
Reference:
Howes M840; Felcone 147, Sabin 50924.
Full Title:
A Map of the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia Comprehending the Spanish Provinces of East and West Florida Exhibiting the boundaries as fixed by the late Treaty of Peace between the United States and the Spanish Dominions. Compiled from late Surveys and Observations by Joseph Purcell. Engraved for Morse's Geography by Amos Doolittle at New Haven, 1788.
List No:
2894.001
Series No:
2
Pub Date:
1789
Pub Title:
The American Geography; or, A View of the Present Situation of the United States of America ... Illustrated with two Sheet Maps-One of the Southern, the other of the Northern States, neatly and elegantly engraved, and more correct than any that have hitherto been published ... By Jedidiah Morse. Elizabeth Town: Printed by Shepard Kollock, for the Author. M,DCC,LXXXIX.
Pub Reference:
Howes M840; Felcone 147, Sabin 50924.
Pub Note:
The first American Geography. Revised from the school text "Geography Made Easy", published in 1784. Governor William Livingston of New Jersey contributed to the text, and Morse in return dedicated the book to him (Felcone). The two maps were engraved by Amos Doolittle who compiled the map of the northern states, while Joseph Purcell compiled the southern states map. Includes the errata leaf and the tipped in leaf of corrections at the end. Bound in full leather with "Morse's Geography" in gilt on spine.
Pub List No:
2894.000
Pub Maps:
2
Pub Height cm:
21
Pub Width cm:
12
Image No:
2894001
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 1998
Publisher Location:
Elizabeth Town
Publisher:
Shepard Kollock
Type:
Book Map
State/Province:
U.S. South
Engraver or Printer:
Doolittle, Amos
Engraver or Printer:
Purcell, Joseph
Publication Author:
Morse, Jedidiah
Pub Type:
Geography Book
Author:
Morse, Jedidiah
Date:
1789
Map of the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
