MAP #: 237H6

CARTOGRAPHER : HOMANN HEIRS

DATE: 1737

SHORT TITLE : C. VIRGINIA UND MARYLAND

REMAINING TITLE & ID : (CARTOUCHE, BOTTOM LEFT OF FOUR MAPS ON THE SHEET). DOMINIA ANGLORUM IN AMERICA SEPTENTRIONALI SPECIALIBUS MAPPIS LONDINI PRIMUM A MOLLIO EDITA, NUNC RECUSA AB HOMANNIANIS HERED. (TOP LEFT ABOVE MAP). DIE GROS-BRITANNISCHE COLONIE-LAENDER, IN NORD-AMERICA, IN ACCURATEN SPECIAL-MAPPEN NACH DEN LONDON. ORIGINALIEN GETREULICH MITGETHEILT UND HERAUSS GEGEBEN VON HOMAENISCHEN ERBEN. (TOP RIGHT ABOVE MAP). "LONGITUDINES REDUCTIC FUNT AA PRIMU MERIATANU PER IASTILAM FERRI, QUI A PARISIIS DISTAT 20o VERSUS OCCIDENTEM". (CENTER BOTTOM MARGIN). THE SHEET IS WATERMARKED WITH A FLEUR DE LISLE IN A SHIELD AND HAS A COUNTERMARK OF 4. LONGITUDE FROM FERRO (NORTH AND SOUTH BORDERS). LATITUDE (EAST AND WEST BORDERS).

THESE FOUR MAPS ARE TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM HERMAN MOLL. THE ORIGINALS OF HIS MAPS ARE FOUND IN MOLL'S ATLAS MINOR, LONDON: THOMAS & JOHN BOWLES, 1736. THE MAP "C. VIRGINIA UND MARYLAND" IS A REENGRAVING TAKEN FROM THE STATE OF THE MAP PRINTED IN THE 1736 EDITION OF ATLAS MINOR, WITH NUMEROUS CHANGES. THE CARTOUCHE IS 4.5 X 5.7 CM., WITH THE TITLE "C. VIRGINIA UND MARYLAND". LONGITUDE INDICATORS ARE EAST FROM FERRO. A SECOND SCALE IN ENGLISH STATUTE MILES IS INCLUDED. RELATIVE TO THE 1736 STATE OF THE MAP FROM ATLAS MINOR (SEE MAP # 236M5), THE NAMES "MAURICES R" IN NJ AND "APPANATRIX" SOUTH OF THE POTOMAC RIVER HAVE BEEN DELETED. THE SPELLING OF "GLOCESTER C" AND OTHER SPELLINGS SUGGEST THAT THIS EDITION OF THE MAP IS TAKEN FROM THE 1736 EDITION. HOWEVER, SEVERAL NAMES WERE COPIED INCORRECTLY, SUCH AS "TOBACOSTOCKS" INSTEAD OF "TOBACCOSTOCKS", "ROOCK CR" INSTEAD OF "ROCK CR", "WATHINS PT." INSTEAD OF "WATKINS PT.", "GOLDEM QUARTER", INSTEAD OF "GOLDEN QUARTER", ETC. THE 1736 MAP IS A LATER EDITION OF ONE ORIGINALLY APPEARING IN OLDMIXON'S THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN AMERICA, LONDON: JOHN NICHOLSON, 1708, V.1, PAGE 209. (SEE MAP # 208M5).

THE SHEET WITH ALL FOUR MAPS WAS FIRST PUBLISHED BY HOMANN IN HIS GROSSER ATLAS, NUREMBERG, 1737, AS MAP # 148 (SEE PHILLIPS ATLASES, I, # 586). CUMMING NOTES THAT IT WAS ALSO CONTAINED IN HOMANN'S ATLAS NOVUS, NORIMBERGE 1755[?], NO. 31; N. BELLIN'S CARTES ET PLANS DE L AMERIQUE, 1745, NO. 17 (IN AN ATLAS WITH TITLE AND DATE IN INK AND WITH MANY MS. MAPS BY BELLIN DATED 1739); HOMANNISCHER ATLAS, NURNBERG, 1747-1757, NO. 94; HOMANN HEIRS ATLAS GEOGRAPHICVS MAIOR, NORIMBERGAE, 1759-1781, I,NO. 141. (SEE PHILLIPS ATLASES, I, # 622); AND IN HOMANN HEIRS ATLAS MAPPARUM GEOGRAPHICORUM, NORIMBERGAE, 1728-1793, NO. 95.

DATA IS FROM CUMMING, THE SOUTHEAST IN EARLY MAPS, FROM PHILLIPS, ATLASES, FROM VERNER'S NOTES, AND FROM PERSONAL OBSERVATION OF THREE EDITIONS OWNED BY THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

EDITION & STATE INFO : THE EXACT SEQUENCE OF EDITIONS AND STATES IS NOT COMPLETELY CLEAR. HOWEVER, THE FOLLOWING 6 EDITIONS AND 15 STATES ARE IDENTIFIED THUS FAR:

ED. 1 - (1708) - STATE 1 - IT IS SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE 1729 EDITION. THE LONGITUDE IS DIFFERENT AS TO MERIDIAN AS IS THE TITLE. THE SCALE IS IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT RATHER THAN IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. "VOL. 1 PAGE 209" IS IN THE LEFT TOP BORDER. THE MAP APPEARS FIRST IN OLDMIXON'S THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN AMERICA, 1708. SEE MAP # 208M5.

- (1741) - ANOTHER STATE - THE WRITING IN THE TOP BORDER IS IMPERFECTLY ERASED IN THE NYPL COPY. "209" IS STILL LEGIBLE. A SMALL "(16)" WITH UNDERLINING IS ORIENTED WITH THE BOTTOM TO THE EAST IN THE BOTTOM LEFT BORDER. IT IS FROM THE 1741 EDITION OF OLDMIXON, VOL. 1, P. 345. SEE MAP # 241M4.

- (1781) - ANOTHER STATE - SAME AS PRIOR STATE. "52" ADDED IN TOP RIGHT BORDER. FROM BOWLES ATLAS MINOR. SEE MAP # 281M5.

- (1790) - ANOTHER STATE - SAME AS 1781 EXCEPT FOR "PRINTED FOR CARINGTON BOWLES IN LONDON" ADDED IN THE RIGHT BOTTOM BORDER. FROM BOWLES ATLAS MINOR, LONDON: CARINGTON BOWLES, 1790. SEE MAP # 290M5.

ANOTHER ED. - (1741) - ENTITLED "EINE NEUE CHARTE VON VIRGINIE UND MARYLAND VON H. MOLL GEOGRAPHO.""PAG.573.P. 438" (LEFT TOP MARGIN)."BRUHL SC LIPS." (BOTTOM RIGHT BORDER). FROM THE GERMAN ED. OF OLDMIXON, DAS BRITISCHE REICH IN AMERICA, LEMGO, 1744. IT IS A CLOSE COPY OF THE 1741 STATE OF THE 1ST ED. SEE MAP # 241M5.

ANOTHER ED. - (1721) -ENTITLED "NIEUWE KAART VAN VIRGINIA EN MARILAND DOOR H. MOL." "J. KYSER SC." (BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER)."I. DEEL, BLATZ. 145." (RIGHT TOP MARGIN). FROM OLDMIXON'S DUTCH ED., HET BRITANNISCHE RYK IN AMERIKA, AMSTERDAM: RUDOLF EN GERARD WETSTEIN 1721. A 1727 DUTCH EDITION WAS PUBLISHED IN AMSTERDAM: H. BOSCH. THIS EDITION HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY THE WRITER. SABIN INDICATES THAT IT CONTAINS THE MAPS. SEE MAP # 221M5.

ANOTHER ED. - (1729) - ENTITLED "VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND BY H. MOLL GEOGRAPHER. 1729". THE BOTTOM LEFT LONGITUDE MARK IS MISTAKENLY LABELED "75" INSTEAD OF "76". "55" (RIGHT TOP MARGIN). "A" AND "GGG" (BOTTOM MARGIN). SEE MAP # 229M5.

ANOTHER ED. - (1729) - "PENSILVANIA" IS NOW BROKEN AFTER "PENS". BOTTOM LONGITUDE MARK CORRECTED TO "76". THERE IS NOTHING IN BOTTOM MARGIN. FROM ATLAS MINOR. SEE MAP # 229M6.

- (1732) - ANOTHER STATE - "50" ADDED IN RIGHT TOP MARGIN AND "1729" IS DELETED FROM THE TITLE. MAP IS FROM ATLAS MINOR, LONDON: T. BOWLES & J. BOWLES, 1732. SEE MAP # 232M5.

- (1736) - ANOTHER STATE - "VOL. 3. P. 425" (LEFT TOP BORDER). FROM THOMAS SALMON'S MODERN HISTORY, LONDON, 1739, VOL. 3. THIS BOOK WAS PUBLISHED FROM 1725-1739, BUT THE VOLUMES RELATING TO AMERICA WEREN'T RELEASED UNTIL 1736. COPY IN YALE. SEE MAP # 236M4.

- (1736) - ANOTHER STATE - "(AFTER [?] *432)" (LEFT TOP BORDER). DELETION TO LEFT ENDS IN "5", SUGGESTING IT WAS FROM SALMON'S MODERN HISTORY. PUBLISHED IN ATLAS MINOR, 1736. SEE MAP # 236M5.

- (1736-1745?) - ANOTHER STATE - "V.3/1406" [?] (TOP LEFT MARGIN). THIS STATE MAY HAVE BEEN FROM ANOTHER EDITION OF THE ATLAS MINOR, PUBLISHED BY THE BOWLES. SEE MAP # 236M6.

- (1745) - ANOTHER STATE - LETTERS IN TOP LEFT MARGIN IMPERFECTLY DELETED. "ANNAPOLIS" ADDED ABOVE "ARUNDELTON". "SUSSEX C." REPLACED "ESSEX C." AND "CALVERT C." REPLACED "CALVERTON C." NO ROADS ARE SHOWN. THIS STATE OF THE MAP IS FROM ATLAS MINOR, LONDON: T. BOWLES & J. BOWLES, 1745. SEE MAP # 245M5.

- (1763) - ANOTHER STATE - ROADS ADDED ON THE WESTERN SHORE, PROBABLY FROM THE FRY AND JEFFERSON MAP. CORRECTIONS IN THE 1745 STATE ARE NOT CONTINUED. "ALEXANDRIA", "FREDERICKSBURG" AND "NEWCASTLE" ARE ADDED. "ANNAPOLIS" IS SHOWN INSTEAD OF "A. ARUNDEL." "YORK C" IS REPLACED BY "WILLIAMSBURG" AND "AQUASQUIT" BY "MARLBRO" THIS MAP WAS IN THE 1763 EDITION OF BOWLES ATLAS MINOR. SEE MAP # 263M5.

ANOTHER ED. - (1737) - BY THE HOMANN HEIRS AS 1 OF 4 MOLL MAPS ON ONE PAGE. ENTITLED "C. VIRGINIA UND MARYLAND". SCALE ADDED IN BOTTOM RIGHT. TAKEN FROM THE 1736 STATES OF MOLL WITH SOME NAMES INCORRECT ("WATHINS",NOT WATKIN'S POINT). THIS IS THE MAP DESCRIBED HEREIN.

DATA IS FROM PERSONAL OBSERVATION AND FROM PHILLIPS, SWEM AND VERNER.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A COPY OF THIS 1737 EDITION, PUBLISHED BY THE HOMANN HEIRS IN FULL COLOR ON HEAVY PAPER WITH A MDHR # OF G1399-719 AND AN ACQ. # OF GS019-UIG. THE COLLECTION HAS A COPY OF THE 1729 EDITION IN OUTLINE COLORING. IT HAS FAIRLY CROPPED MARGINS. IT HAS A MDHR # OF G1399-45 AND AN ACQ. # OF BB023-DGN. (SEE MAP # 229M5). IT HAS A COPY OF THE 1736 STATE FROM THE 1736 EDITION OF ATLAS MINOR IN BLACK AND WHITE (SEE MAP # 236M6), WITH A MDHR # OF G1399-192 AND AN ACQ. # OF N026-H2. THE COLLECTION ALSO HAS A COPY OF THE 1741 EDITION FROM THE GERMAN EDITION OF OLDMIXON'S THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN AMERICA. IT HAS A MDHR # OF G1399-516 AND AN ACQ. # OF F016-DEH. (SEE MAP # 241M5).

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : PHILLIPS, PHILIP LEE, A LIST OF GEOGRAPHICAL ATLASES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, AMSTERDAM: THEATRVM ORBIS TERRARVM, LTD., 1971 REPRINT, I,# 574, 222-3 (1729 ED. ATLAS MINOR MAP # 47), # 585, 330-331 (1736 ED.), # 586, 332 (1737 ED.), # 602, 346 (1745 ED.), # 635, 369 (1763 STATE), III, # 3477, 277-279 (1716 PRINTING), # 3520, 378 (1781 STATE), # 3526, 385 (1790 STATE), # 4294, 161-2 (1763 STATE); PHILLIPS, PHILIP LEE, A LIST OF MAPS OF AMERICA IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, NEW YORK: BURT FRANKLIN, UNDATED REPRINT, 980; PAPENFUSE AND COALE, ATLAS OF HISTORICAL MAPS OF MARYLAND 1608-1908, BALTIMORE: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1982, 19-20, 22-23; VERNER, COOLIE, UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON THE MAPS OF VIRGINIA; SWEM, EARL G., "MAPS RELATING TO VIRGINIA IN THE VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY", VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY BULLETIN, V. 7, NOS. 2 AND 3, RICHMOND: VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY, 1914, # 131 (1708), # 133 (1716), # 134 (1717), # 144 (1729), # 147 (1732), # 152 (1736), # 164 (1741), # 213 (1763), # 330 (1790); MATHEWS, EDWARD B., "BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CARTOGRAPHY OF MARYLAND", MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUBLICATION I, PART IV, BALTIMORE: THE JOHNS HOPKINS PRESS, 1897, 339 (1708), 340 (1717), 343 (1730?), 344 (1736); SABIN, JOSEPH, A DICTIONARY OF BOOKS RELATING TO AMERICA, NEW YORK: JOSEPH SABIN, 1868-1936, # 57157 (OLDMIXON 1708, 1741), # 57160 (OLDMIXON 1721, 1727), # 57161 (OLDMIXON 1744), # 57162 (OLDMIXON 1761), # 75826 (SALMON 1725-1739); LOWERY, WOODBURY, THE LOWERY COLLECTION..., EDITED BY PHILIP LEE PHILLIPS, WASHINGTON: GPO, 1912, # 359, 278-280; CUMMING, WILLIAM P., THE SOUTHEAST IN EARLY MAPS, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS, 1962, # 233, 206.

December 9, 1989

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