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MAP #: 180M6

CARTOGRAPHER : MORDEN, ROBERT

DATE: 1680

SHORT TITLE : CAROLINA VIRGINIA MARYLAND & NEW IARSEY

REMAINING TITLE & ID : BY ROBT. MORDEN (SCROLLED CARTOUCHE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER). "(379)" IS OVERPRINTED IN THE TOP MARGIN TO INDICATE THE PAGE #. ENGLISH TEXT OF 7 LINES ON THE PAGE BELOW THE MAP IS ENTITLED "A DESCRIPTION OF CAROLINA", OVERPRINTED IN LARGE LETTERS. "Ttt" AND THE CATCHWORD "SAME" (BOTTOM LINE OF TEXT). LONGITUDE WEST FROM LONDON (TOP AND BOTTOM BORDERS). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1680
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : LONDON
PUBLISHER : ROBERT MORDEN AND THOMAS COCKERILL
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 12.7 X 11.5 CM. (WITHOUT TEXT)
SIZE - OTHER DATA : 20.0 X 15.0 CM. OM (PAGE SIZE)
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 10,000,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : 1 INCH = c158 MILES
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : G1399-699
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : P026-T2Q*
REGION CATEGORY : GENERAL AREA MAP OF SOME SIGNIFICANCE TO A MD/CHESAPEAKE COLLECTION (3)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : JOHN SMITH DERIVATIVE (11)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP.
RELIEF SHOWN ? : NO
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE.
CARTOUCHE : SIMPLE PLASTERWORK (14)
BORDER : SIMPLE SUBDIVISIONAL FUNCTIONAL (6)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : GREENWICH/LONDON (1)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : -
BEST INFO SOURCE : BAER IS THE BEST SOURCE FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THIS MAP EXTENDS FROM THE 40TH PARALLEL TO THE 30TH. ITS REPRESENTATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IS RELATIVELY SMALL, BUT SHOWS A CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT AND LESS ACCURATE DEPICTION OF THE BAY AREA THAN THE MAP ENTITLED "A NEW MAP OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND", 10 PAGES EARLIER IN MORDEN'S GEOGRAPHY RECTIFIED, LONDON, 1680. THIS MAP APPEARED ON PAGE 379. THIS REPRESENTATION OF THE BAY IS BASED MORE ON THE SMITH MAP (BECAUSE OF THE WIDE DELMARVA PENINSULA) THAN ON THE AUGUSTINE HERRMAN MAP OF 1673 WHICH THE OTHER MAP IN THE ATLAS WAS TAKEN FROM (SEE MAPS 112S5 AND 173H5). COPIES ARE IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY AND IN YALE.

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

EDITION & STATE INFO : WRITER ONLY KNOWS OF THIS ONE EDITION OF THE MAP. THE 1688, 1693 AND 1700 EDITIONS OF MORDEN'S GEOGRAPHY RECTIFIED... DO NOT CONTAIN THE MAP, BUT RATHER ANOTHER ONE ENTITLED "A NEW MAP OF CAROLINA", WHICH CUMMING CALLS A SIMPLIFIED FORM OF THE THORNTON, MORDEN AND LEA" MAP OF 1685. THE MAP IS ALSO NOT IN THE BLOME 1687 BOOK ENTITLED THE PRESENT STATE OF HIS MAJESTIES ISLES AND TERRITORIES IN AMERICA..., WHICH CONTAINED OTHER MAPS FROM THE MORDEN ATLAS.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A BLACK AND WHITE COPY OF THIS MAP WITH SOME WATER STAINING. IT IS IN THE 1680 ATLAS. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF P026-T2Q* AND A MDHR # OF G1399-699.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : BAER, ELIZABETH, SEVENTEENTH CENTURY MARYLAND, A BIBLIOGRAPHY, JOHN WORK GARRETT LIBRARY, BALTIMORE, 1949, PP. 95-96; PHILLIPS, P. LEE, A LIST OF GEOGRAPHICAL ATLASES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, VOL. III, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, 1914, # 4265, P. 134; SABIN, JOSEPH, A DICTIONARY OF BOOKS RELATING TO AMERICA, J. SABIN'S SON, NEW YORK, 1879, # 50535, P. 358; CUMMING, WILLIAM P., THE SOUTHEAST IN EARLY MAPS, THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS, CHAPEL HILL, 1958, # 88; VERNER, COOLIE, UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON THE MAPS OF VIRGINIA.

March 15, 1989


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