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MAP #: 267G7

CARTOGRAPHER : GRIERSON, BOULTER [PUBLISHER]

DATE: 1767

SHORT TITLE : VIRGINIA MARYLAND PENNSILVANIA EAST & WEST NEW JARSEY

REMAINING TITLE & ID : DUBLIN SOLD BY GEO. GRIERSON AT THE TWO BIBLES IN ESSEX STREET (CARTOUCHE IN UPPER RIGHT CORNER). "A SCALE OF 15 ENGLISH LEAGUES" (LOWER LEFT CORNER, INSIDE OBLONG BOX). EIGHT POINT COMPASS ROSES (NE OF CHESAPEAKE BAY ENTRANCE AND E OF DELAWARE BAY ENTRANCE. THERE IS NOTHING IN THE MARGINS OR ON THE REVERSE SIDE. LONGITUDE (NOT SHOWN). LATITUDE (TOP AND BOTTOM BORDERS).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : R1767(1689)
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : DUBLIN
PUBLISHER : BOULTER GRIERSON
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 50.0 X 79.7 CM (2 SHEETS JOINED)
SIZE - OTHER DATA : 59 X 91 CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 590,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : 13.8 CM. = 15 ENG. LEAGUES
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : G1399-215 (ED.3 - ST.1 - 1767 ISSUE)
# 2 : G1399-482 (ED.1 - ST.5 - 1732 ISSUE)
# 3 : G1399-27 (ED.2 - ST.1)
# 4 : G1399-7 (ED.2 - ST.2)
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : SONA018-UNHL (ED.3 - ST.1 - 1767 ISSUE)
# 2 : MH016-HTUE (ED.1 - ST.5 - 1732 ISSUE)
# 3 : SF018-TGD (ED.2 - ST.1)
# 4 : G020-IGD (ED.2 - ST.2)
REGION CATEGORY : GENERAL MAP WITH MD/CHESAPEAKE AS ONE MAIN FOCUS (1)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : AUGUSTINE HERRMAN DERIVATIVE (12)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 2
MAP ORIENTATION : W IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP.
RELIEF SHOWN ? : NO
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : SOUNDINGS ARE IN FATHOMS. : SHOALS ARE SHOWN SHADED.
CARTOUCHE : SIMPLE PLASTERWORK (14)
BORDER : GEOGRAPHICALLY FUNCTIONAL (8)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : NONE
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 189T5, 228M5, 243M3, 249G5, 294M6.
BEST INFO SOURCE : VERNER'S STUDY OF THE ENGLISH PILOT IS THE BEST SOURCE FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THIS IS THE THIRD EDITION, STATE 1, 1767 ISSUE OF JOHN THORNTON'S MAP OF THIS TITLE. IT IS ALMOST AN EXACT COPY OF EDITION 1, STATE 5 (SEE MAP 189T5). IT WAS FIRST USED IN A PIRATED EDITION OF THE ENGLISH PILOT THE FOURTH BOOK, PRINTED IN DUBLIN BY GEORGE GRIERSON IN 1749. THIS ISSUE OF THE 1749 MAP WAS BY HIS SON, BOULTER GRIERSON. IT IS EXTREMELY RARE. THE ENGRAVING IS NOT AS GOOD QUALITY AS THE ORIGINAL AND THE PAPER IS OF POOR QUALITY AND UNWATERMARKED. GEORGE GRIERSON LIVED FROM 1709 TO 1753 AND WAS THE FIRST OF A FAMILY OF PRINTERS PROMINENT IN DUBLIN PUBLISHING CIRCLES FOR MANY YEARS. IN 1727 HE BECAME KING'S PRINTER.THIS MAY HAVE PROMPTED HIS PIRACIES BECAUSE,IN ADDITION TO THE ENGLISH PILOT, HE APPROPRIATED MOLL'S THE WORLD DESCRIBED IN 1733.

BOULTER GRIERSON, GEORGE'S SECOND SON, ACQUIRED POSSESSION OF THE PLATES AND PUBLISHED THE SECOND PRINTING IN 1767. HIS MOTHER, GEORGE'S SECOND WIFE, WAS THE SISTER OF THE NOTED PRINTER JAMES BLOW OF BELFAST.

THE ORIGINAL CHART FROM WHICH THIS ED. WAS COPIED FROM JOHN THORNTON'S MOST NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION TO VA-MD CARTOGRAPHY.THE VA-MD PORTION IS A CAREFUL COPY OF THE HERRMAN MAP OF 1673, ALTERED OVER THE YEARS BY NEW INFO FROM OTHER SOURCES, SUCH AS MARK TIDDEMAN AND OTHERS. THE THORNTON CHART IS ENGRAVED ON TWO PLATES: A JOINED IMPRESSION MEASURES 79.7 CM N-S BY 50 CM E-W. IT IS ORIENTED TO THE WEST. NAVIGATIONAL RATHER THAN LAND FEATURES ARE EMPHASIZED. THORNTON'S CHART WAS IN USE FOR SOME 105 YEARS BUT WAS OBSOLETED BY THE HOXTON CHART OF 1735, SOME 32 YEARS BEFORE THE PUBLICATION OF THE GRIERSON ISSUE.

DATA IS FROM VERNER'S STUDY OF THE ENGLISH PILOT THE FOURTH BOOK.

EDITION & STATE INFO : THERE ARE THREE EDITIONS. THE FIRST (SEE MAP #189T5) HAS 5 STATES. THE SECOND (SEE MAP #243M3) HAS 2 STATES AND THE THIRD, THE PIRATED EDITION DESCRIBED HEREIN, HAS A SINGLE STATE IN TWO ISSUES (SEE ALSO MAP # 249G5).

ED. 1- STATE 1-(1689)- SEE MAP #189T5 FOR DETAILS OF THIS EDITION.THE IMPRINT READS: BY JOHN THORNTON AT YE PLATT IN THE MINORIES AND BY WILL: FISHER AT YE POSTORN GATE ON TOWER HILL LONDON.

- STATE 2-(1689?-1698?)- GEOGRAPHICAL CHANGES WERE MADE PRIMARILY IN THE DELAWARE BAY AREA. THIS STATE WAS PROBABLY FROM AN UNDATED EDITION OF ATLAS MARITIMUS.

- STATE 3-(1698?-1705?)- GEOGRAPHICAL CHANGES WERE MADE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.

- STATE 4-(1706-1728)- BOTH GEOGRAPHICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHANGES ARE MADE. PART OF THE PLATE IS RECUT BUT SOME SIGNS OF PLATE WEAR ARE APPARENT.

- STATE 5-(1728-1737)- THE IMPRINT IS REMOVED.CHANGES ARE BOTH GEOGRAPHICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL. SOUNDINGS ARE ADDED ALONG THE ENTIRE OCEAN COAST.

ED. 2- STATE 1-(1743-1770)- SEE MAP # 243M3 FOR DETAILS ON THIS EDITION. THE IMPRINT WAS ADDED AS FOLLOWS: SOLD BY WILLIAM MOUNT & THOS. PAGE TOWER HILL.

- STATE 2-(1773-1794)- THE TITLE AND IMPRINT IN THE CARTOUCHE NOW READ: VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, PENNSILVANIA, EAST & WEST NEW JERSEY.SOLD BY JN: MOUNT & THOS. PAGE TOWER HILL.

ED. 3- STATE 1-(1749,1767)- THE TITLE AND IMPRINT ARE CHANGED AS SHOWN. THE TWO ISSUES APPEAR TO BE IDENTICAL. THIS IS THE CHART AS DESCRIBED.

DATA IS FROM VERNER'S STUDY ON THE ENGLISH PILOT THE FOURTH BOOK.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : HFC HAS A GOOD BLACK AND WHITE COPY OF THIS THIRD EDITION, ISSUE OF 1767. HFC HAS A GOOD BLACK AND WHITE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, FIFTH STATE, 1732 ISSUE WITH AN HFC ACQ. # OF MH016-HTUE. WE ALSO HAVE A GOOD BLACK AND WHITE COPY OF THE SECOND EDITION, FIRST STATE WITH AN HFC ACQ. # OF SF018-TGD AND A SIMILAR COPY OF THE SECOND EDITION, SECOND STATE DATED 1794 WITH AN HFC ACQ. # OF G020-IGD.

THIS 1767 MAP WAS DETACHED FROM A POORLY REBOUND EDITION OF THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE ENGLISH PILOT, ALONG WITH SOME OTHER MAPS RELATING TO THE CHESAPEAKE AREA. THE REMAINING MAPS WERE GIVEN TO YALE UNIVERSITY IN 1983.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : VERNER, COOLIE, A CARTOBIBLIOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF THE ENGLISH PILOT THE FOURTH BOOK WITH SPRECIAL REFERENCE TO THE CHARTS OF VIRGINIA, U. OF VA. PRESS, CHARLOTTSVILLE, VA., 1960; SWEM 130,160,168,174,193,202,207,218,219, 227,240,265,307; PHILLIPS, ATLASES, # 1157,1158,1160,1162,1163,1164,1168, AND 1171.

March 16, 1988


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