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MAP #: 233P4

CARTOGRAPHER : POPPLE, HENRY

DATE: 1733

SHORT TITLE : A MAP OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN AMERICA

REMAINING TITLE & ID : WITH THE FRENCH AND SPANISH SETTLEMENTS ADJACENT THERETO BY HEN. POPPLE. (CARTOUCHE WITH ELABORATE SCENE OF INDIANS AND ENGLISH FIGURES AND ANIMALS, BOTTOM LEFT CORNER). "AMERICA SEPTENTRIONALIS." (ON BANNER ABOVE TOP BORDER). "TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY THIS MAP IS MOST HUMBLY INSCRIBED BY YOUR MAJESTY'S MOST DUTIFUL, MOST OBEDIENT AND MOST HUMBLE SERVANT HENRY POPPLE" (SECONDARY CARTOUCHE, RIGHT SIDE BELOW CENTER WITH ROYAL COAT OF ARMS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CARTOUCHE). "SOLD BY THE PROPRIETORS S: HARDING ON THE PAVEMENT IN St. MARTINS LANE, AND W.H. TOMS ENGRAVER IN UNION COURT NEAR HATTON GARDEN HOLBORN. PRICE 2 SHILLs." (LEFT BOTTOM MARGIN). "W.H. TOMS SCULP." (RIGHT BOTTOM MARGIN). INSET PICTURES OF "FALL OF NIAGARA" AND "MEXICO" (TOP LEFT CORNER) AND "QUEBEC" AND "NEW YORK" (TOP RIGHT CORNER). EIGHTEEN DETAILED INSETS (RIGHT SIDE). TESTIMONIAL REGARDING MAP BY EDM. HALLEY (BOTTOM RIGHT). 16 POINTED COMPASS ROSE (CENTER OF MAP). LATITUDE (RIGHT & LEFT BORDERS). LONGITUDE FROM LONDON (BOTTOM BORDER).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1733
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : LONDON
PUBLISHER : HENRY POPPLE
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 50.2 X 49.3 CM. (BETWEEN NEAT LINES)
SIZE - OTHER DATA : 52.7 X 52.9 CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 11,000,000 (FROM LATITUDE SCALE)
SCALE - OTHER DATA :
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : G1399-259
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : HS022-EG2Q*
REGION CATEGORY : GENERAL MAP OF SIGNIFICANCE TO A MD/CHESAPEAKE COLLECTION (3)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : POPPLE MAP (19)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1 (A COMPOSITE OF 20 DETAILED MAPS)
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP.
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : SHOALS ARE SHOWN BY SHADING.
: NONE IS SHOWN FOR THE BAY.
CARTOUCHE : NATURALISTIC (20)
BORDER : GEOGRAPHICALLY FUNCTIONAL (8)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : LONDON
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 233P5, 233P6.
BEST INFO SOURCE : CUMMING AND LOWERY ARE THE BEST FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THIS IS THE KEY MAP IN A SINGLE SHEET TO HENRY POPPLE'S ATLAS A MAP OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN AMERICA..., LONDON, 1733, IN 20 SHEETS. IT CONTAINS REFERENCE NUMBERS LOCATING VARIOUS PLACES IN SPECIFIC MAP SHEET NUMBERS. IT COVERS THE AREA FROM NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA TO HUDSON'S BAY AND FROM NEWFOUNDLAND TO PRESENT DAY TEXAS. CUMMING INDICATES THAT POPPLE RELIED ON BARNWELL'S MAP OF CA. 1722 FOR THE SOUTHEAST AND DELISLE'S MAP OF 1718 FOR THE MISSISSIPPI AND GREAT LAKES. THE REPRESENTATION OF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA SHOWS AN EASTERN BULGE IN THE SOUTHERN PART, WHICH WAS LATER FOLLOWED BY BOWEN IN 1747 AND BY OTHERS.

THE MAP INDICATES THAT IT WAS UNDERTAKEN WITH "THE APPROBATION OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF TRADE AND PLANTATIONS; AND GREAT CARE HAS BEEN TAKEN BY COMPARING ALL THE MAPS, CHARTS, AND OBSERVATIONS THAT COULD BE FOUND, ESPECIALLY THE AUTHENTICK RECORDS & ACTUAL SURVEYS TRANSMITTED TO THEIR LORDSHIPS BY THE GOVERNORS OF THE BRITISH PLANTATIONS AND OTHERS, TO CORRECT THE MANY ERRORS COMMITTED IN FORMER MAPS." HOWEVER, IT IS KNOWN THAT THERE WERE FEW OFFICIAL COLONY MAPS OF ACCURACY DONE BY THE PROPRIETORS OF THE COLONIES UNTIL ALMOST 20 YEARS FROM THE PUBLICATION OF POPPLE'S MAP. LOWERY NOTES A REVIEW BY THE FRENCH COMMISSARIES IN 1755 QUESTIONING WHETHER POPPLE'S MAP WAS EVER APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE AND QUESTIONING ITS ACCURACY.

JUSTIN WINDSOR STATES THAT THE MANUSCRIPT DRAFT OF THIS MAP DATED 1727 IS LOCATED IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, MANUSCRIPT NO. 23,615 (FOLIO 72).

DATA IS PRIMARILY FROM CUMMING AND LOWERY.

EDITION & STATE INFO : CUMMING AND LOWERY BOTH IDENTIFY 3 STATES OF THIS MAP. THE ONE DESCRIBED HEREIN IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST STATE. A SECOND STATE HAS NOTHING AT THE BOTTOM LEFT MARGIN. A THIRD HAS THE INSCRIPTION "SOLD AT STEPHEN AUSTEN'S BOOK SELLER IN NEWGATE STREET AND BY THOs. WILLDEY AT THE GREAT TOY SHOT IN St. PAULS CHURCH YARD LONDON. PRICE 2 SHILLINGS." IN THE BOTTOM LEFT MARGIN.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A BEAUTIFUL COLORED COPY OF THIS KEY MAP AS A PART OF A BOUND ATLAS CONTAINING THE KEY MAP AND 20 DETAILED SHEETS. THE ATLAS IS IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF HS022-EG2Q* AND A MDHR # OF G1399-259.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : CUMMING, WILLIAM P., THE SOUTHEAST IN EARLY MAPS, CHAPEL HILL, THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS, 1962, # 216 (LARGE MAP), # 217 (KEY MAP) AND PLATE 50; PAULLIN, C.O., ATLAS OF THE HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES, 13; LOWERY, WOODBURY, THE LOWERY COLLECTION..., EDITED BY PHILIP LEE PHILLIPS, WASHINGTON: GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE, 1912, 265-267; WINDSOR, JUSTIN, NARRATIVE AND CRITICAL HISTORY OF AMERICA, VOL 5 OF 8, CAMBRIDGE, MASS.: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY, 1889, 81; MATHEWS, EDWARD B., "BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CARTOGRAPHY OF MARYLAND", MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, VOL. I, PART IV, BALTIMORE: THE JOHNS HOPKINS PRESS, 1897, 344.

February 3, 1990


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