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MAP #: 281B5
CARTOGRAPHER : BELL, A. (ANDREW?) [ENGRAVER]
DATE: 1781
SHORT TITLE : A MAP OF MARYLAND
REMAINING TITLE & ID : WITH PART OF VIRGINIA AND
PENNSYLVANIA. (CENTER TOP MARGIN). "A. BELL SCULPt."(RIGHT BOTTOM
MARGIN). THERE IS NO SCALE SHOWN. LONGITUDE WEST FROM LONDON (TOP
AND BOTTOM BORDERS). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS).
DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1781
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : EDINBURGH
PUBLISHER : THE SCOTS MAGAZINE
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 16.3 X 16.5 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 2,450,000
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-226
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : BB023-DHN
REGION CATEGORY : MAP ON WHICH THE MD/CHESAPEAKE AREA IS ONE
MAIN FOCUS (1)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : FRY & JEFFERSON & DERIVATIVES (15)
# 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 : 280B5.
BEST INFO SOURCE : PHILLIPS MAPS AND VERNER'S
NOTES ARE THE BEST FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THE MAP WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SCOTS
MAGAZINE, 1781, EDINBURGH, VOL. 43, OPPOSITE PAGE 635. THIS MAP
IS UNUSUAL BECAUSE OF THE S SHAPE OF THE BORDER BETWEEN DELAWARE
AND MARYLAND AROUND WILMINGTON. IN THAT REGARD, IT APPEARS TO BE AN
ABBREVIATED DERIVATIVE AS TO AREA COVERED AND PLACE NAMES OF A MAP
PUBLISHED BY JOHN BEW DATED DECEMBER 31, 1780 (SEE MAP # 280B5),
WHICH IS THE ONLY OTHER MAP TO GIVE THIS PECULIAR REPRESENTATION OF
THE BORDER. THE 1780 MAP WAS DONE ANONYMOUSLY FOR THE POLITICAL
MAGAZINE, LONDON, 1780, VOL. I, DEC., 1780, OPPOSITE PAGE 787.
THE BELL MAP COVERS AN AREA WEST TO ONLY NEAR THE 76TH LONGITUDE
LINE, WHEREAS THE BEW MAP EXTENDS BEYOND THE ALLEGHANY MOUNTAINS
PAST LONGITUDE 78. BEW'S MAP ALSO EXTENDS SLIGHTLY INTO NORTH
CAROLINA, WHEREAS THE BELL MAP STOPS JUST SOUTH OF CAPE HENRY. THE
BEW MAP FOLLOWS THE BROAD OUTLINES OF THE FRY AND JEFFERSON MAP,
ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T SHOW ROADS AND DOES FILL IN BOUNDARIES
(INCORRECTLY) THAT WERE OMITTED IN THE FRY AND JEFFERSON MAP.
VERNER CONCLUDES THAT THE BELL MAP IS OF NO SIGNIFICANCE.
DATA IS FROM PHILLIPS MAPS AND FROM OBSERVATION OF THE COPY
IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.
EDITION & STATE INFO : ONLY A SINGLE EDITION AND STATE OF
THE MAP IS KNOWN.
HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A
GOOD COPY OF THE MAP DESCRIBED IN OUTLINE COLORING. IT HAS AN ACQ.
# OF BB023-DHN AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-226.
BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : 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, 394; JOLLY, DAVID C., MAPS OF AMERICA IN
PERIODICALS BEFORE 1800, BROOKLINE, MASS.: DAVID C. JOLLY,
1989, # 373; VERNER, COOLIE, [UNPUBLISHED] NOTES ON THE MAPS OF
VIRGINIA.
May 13, 1991
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