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MAP #: 339W5

CARTOGRAPHER : WYLD, JAMES

DATE: 1839

SHORT TITLE : [SECTION OF MAP WITH MAIN PART OF TITLE MISSING]

REMAINING TITLE & ID : ..."COMPILED FROM THE LATEST SURVEYS AND OTHER AUTHENTIC INFORMATION BY JAMES WYLD GEOGRAPHER TO THE QUEEN. 1839." (NO CARTOUCHE, RIGHT CENTER. TOP HALF OF MAP WITH MAIN PART OF TITLE IS MISSING). INSET ENTITLED "A GENERAL MAP OF NORTH AMERICA" (BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, MEASURING 16 1/8" X 14", SCALE OF 1-19,500,000). INSET ENTITLED "THE CONTINUATION OF EAST FLORIDA, ON THE SAME SCALE." (TO LEFT OF INSET OF NORTH AMERICA, MEASURING 10 7/8" X 7 1/8", SCALE OF 1-1,750,000). SCALES IN ENGLISH STATUTE AND GEOGRAPHICAL MILES (BETWEEN TITLE AND INSET OF NORTH AMERICA). MAP HAS A DECORATIVE BORDER OUTSIDE A GEOGRAPHICALLY FUNCTIONAL BORDER. LONGITUDE WEST FAROM GREENWICH (BOTTOM BORDER OF SECTION). LATITUDE (RIGHT BORDER OF SECTION).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1839
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : LONDON
PUBLISHER : JAMES WYLD
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : SECTION 62.7 X 96.1 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : SECTION 65.7 X 98.6 CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 1,750,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : INSET 1-19,500,000
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-44
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : BB023-DHF
REGION CATEGORY : GENERAL MAP OF SOME SIGNIFICANCE TO A MD/CHESAPEAKE COLLECTION (3)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) :
# SHEETS TO MAP : MULTIPLE
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : SHOALS ARE SHOWN BY DOTTED LINES.
CARTOUCHE : [TITLE MISSING ON THIS SECTION]
BORDER : COMPOUND FUNCTIONAL (7)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : GREENWICH/LONDON (1)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : -
BEST INFO SOURCE : NONE FOUND WERE VERY GOOD.
DESCRIPTION : THIS MAP APPEARS TO BE ONE OF FOUR OR MORE SECTIONS OF A LARGER MAP, COVERING MUCH OF THE UNITED STATES. THE FULL MAP MUST BE MORE THAN 4' X 6'. THE SECTION IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION, THE SOUTHEAST MOST OF THE MAP, IS MOUNTED ON 19TH CENTURY LINEN AND IS CUT INTO SMALLER SECTIONS APPROXIMATELY 6 1/4" X 9 1/2" TO BE FOLDED INTO THAT SIZE PACKET. ON THE REVERSE SIDE, TWO OF THE SMALL SECTIONS HAVE PAPER PASTED OVER THE LINEN GIVING ADVERTISEMENTS ON WYLD ATLASES, MAPS AND PLANS. THE ADDRESS "CHARING CROSS, LONDON, FOUR DOORS FROM TRAFALGAR SQUARE" IS GIVEN.

MARYLAND IS SHOWN IN FULL, WITH ITS MAIN ROADS, COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS. SHOAL AREAS IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY ARE DEPICTED WITH DOTTED LINES. THE MAP IS IN OUTLINE COLORING.

THE ONLY REFERENCE WE FOUND TO A J. WYLD MAP DATED 1839 IN PHILLIPS MAPS IS TO ONE MARKED "NORTH AMERICAN BOUNDARY. MAPS A & B, APPENDED TO THE REPORT OF THE BRITISH COMMISSIONERS, APPOINTED IN 1839, TO SURVEY AND EXPLORE THE TERRITORY IN DISPUTE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE SECOND ARTICLE OF THE TREATY OF 1783", 2 SHEETS, 4o, LONDON, J. WYLD (1840). HOWEVER, THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE THIS MAP.

TOOLEY NOTES THAT JAMES WYLD, THE YOUNGER (1812-1887) TOOK OVER HIS FATHER'S BUSINESS IN 1836 ON HIS FATHER'S DEATH. FROM 1837 TO 1840, THE IMPRINT "GEOGRAPHER TO THE QUEEN" WAS USED BY WYLD. IN 1840, IT WAS CHANGED TO "GEOGRAPHER TO THE QUEEN AND H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT".

DATA IS FROM TOOLEY'S DICTIONARY, PHILLIPS MAPS AND FROM OBSERVATION OF THE SECTION OF THE MAP IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

EDITION & STATE INFO : THE MAP IS NOT YET FULLY IDENTIFIED.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS THE SOUTHEAST SECTION OF THIS MAP AS DESCRIBED HEREIN. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF BB023-DHF AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-44.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : TOOLEY, R.V., TOOLEY'S DICTIONARY OF MAPMAKERS, TRING, HERTFORDSHIRE: MAP COLLECTOR PUBLICATIONS, LTD, 1979 (1ST ED.), 677; PHILLIPS, PHILIP LEE, A LIST OF MAPS OF AMERICA IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, NEW YORK: BURT FRANKLIN, UNDATED REPRINT OF A 1901 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PUBLICATION, 603, 893 [DOUBTFUL REFERENCES].

August 31, 1991


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