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MAP #: 350M5

CARTOGRAPHER : MEYER, JOSEPH [PUBLISHER]

DATE: 1850

SHORT TITLE : DIE STAATEN VON NEW YORK, PENSYLVANIA, MARYLAND,

REMAINING TITLE & ID : NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE & VIRGINIA. 1850. (CENTER LEFT). "MEYER'S ZEITUNGS-ATLAS" (LEFT TOP MARGIN). "No. 70." (RIGHT TOP MARGIN) "STAHLSTICH (DIRECTION VON KLEINKNECHT) AUS DER SCHWEINFURTER GEOGRAPHISCHEN GRAVIRANSTALT DES BIBLIOGRAPH. INSTITUTS ZU HILDBURGHAUSEN AMSTERDAM PARIS UND PHILADELPHIA." (ACROSS BOTTOM MARGIN). INSET ENTITLED "UMGEBUNG VON NEW YORK. (MEASURING 7.5 X 6.3 CM. - TOP LEFT CORNER). INSET ENTITLED "UMGEBUNG VON PHILADELPHIA" (MEASURING 5.7 X 4.9 CM. - TO RIGHT TO RIGHT OF PRIOR INSET). INSET ENTITLED "UMGEBUNG DER NIAGARA FAELLE." (MEASURING 4.9 X 4.6 CM., WITH AN IRREGULAR BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER - TO RIGHT OF PRIOR INSET). INSET ENTITLED "UMGEBUNG VON ALBANY" (MEASURING 4.5 X 4.7 CM. - BOTTOM LEFT CORNER). INSET ENTITLED "UMGEBUNG VON PITTSBURG" (MEASURING 4.5 X 4.4 CM. - TO RIGHT OF PRIOR INSET). INSET ENTITLED "UMGEBUNG VON BALTIMORE UND WASHINGTON" (MEASURING 6.7 X 5.0 CM. IN BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER). THREE SCALES OF THE MAP (TO LEFT OF THE BALTIMORE INSET). THREE SCALES FOR THE INSETS (ABOVE BALTIMORE INSET). LONGITUDE WEST FROM LONDON (TOP BORDER). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS.

DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1850
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : AMSTERDAM, PARIS & PHILADELPHIA
PUBLISHER : JOSEPH MEYER
LANGUAGE(S) : GE
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 26.7 X 19.7 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 1,215,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : INSET SCALES DIFFER
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-111
# 2 : MSA SC1399-110 (2ND STATE)
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : BB023-2N
# 2 : BB023-2N (2ND STATE)
REGION CATEGORY : GENERAL MAP OF SOME INTEREST TO A MD/CHESAPEAKE COLLECTION (3)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) :
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : GEOGRAPHICALLY FUNCTIONAL (8)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : LONDON (1)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 352M5.
BEST INFO SOURCE : NONE FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THIS MAP COVERS THE AREA FROM MONTREAL TO CAPE HATTERAS AND FROM EASTERN CONNECTICUT TO DETROIT, INCLUDING ALL OF MARYLAND AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. THE DETAILED INSET ON BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON GIVES NUMEROUS PLACE NAMES. THIS MAP APPEARED IN MEYER'S ZEITUNGS-ATLAS. A MAP FROM THE SAME PLATE WITH THE DATE 1852 IN THE TITLE APPEARED IN MEYER'S GROSCHEN-ATLAS.

MEYER LIVED FROM 1796 TO 1856 AND PUBLISHED ATLASES FROM 1830 TO 1856.

DATA IS FROM OBSERVATION OF THE COPIES IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

EDITION & STATE INFO : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS TWO STATES OF THIS MAP, WITH LITTLE IF ANYTHING ALTERED OTHER THAN MARGINAL INFORMATION.

1ST STATE - (1850) THIS IS THE MAP DESCRIBED HEREIN.

2ND STATE - (1852)- TITLE DATE CHANGED TO 1852. NOTATION IN LEFT TOP MARGIN ALTERED TO READ "MEYER'S GROSCHEN-ATLAS". "No. 70" IN THE RIGHT TOP MARGIN HAS BEEN DELETED.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS ONE COPY OF STATE 1 IN OUTLINE COLORING IN THE MAIN MAP AND THE INSETS IN BLACK AND WHITE. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF BB023-2N AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-111. THE COLLECTION HAS ONE COPY OF STATE 2 IN OUTLINE COLORING IN BOTH THE MAIN MAP AND THE SIX INSETS. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF BB023-2N AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-110.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : NONE FOUND.

September 21, 1991


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