Hand colored, engraved map depicting the areas of Virginia and Maryland that border the Chesapeake Bay as they were known in 1736. Parts of Delaware and New Jersey are also visible. A key beneath the map title shows symbols indicating "English Plantations" and "Indian Plantations and Houses."
circa 1737
Engraver: Johann Baptist Homann
Cartographer: Herman Moll
Homann Erben (Firm)
8 x 10.5 inches
1 map
3996
This is one out of four hand-colored maps featured on a single sheet entitled "Dominia Anglorum in America Septentrionali [and] Die Gros-Britannische Colonie-Lander in Nord America." They are based upon individual maps from cartographer Herman Moll’s "Atlas Minor" (1729).
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