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A new mapp of America: devided according to the best and latest observations and discoveries, wherein are described by their proper names, the seaverall countries that belonge to ye English, which are wholly left out in all French and Dutch maps, viz. New Scotland, Long Island, N. York, N. Jarsey, Mary Land, Pensilvania, Carrolina, et[c].

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A new mapp of America: devided according to the best and latest observations and discoveries, wherein are described by their proper names, the seaverall countries that belonge to ye English, which are wholly left out in all French and Dutch maps, viz. New Scotland, Long Island, N. York, N. Jarsey, Mary Land, Pensilvania, Carrolina, et[c].
Names
Overton, John, 1640-1708? (Publisher)
Lea, Philip, fl. 1683-1700 (Publisher)
Moxon, J. (James) (Engraver)
Collection

Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases

Charts and maps

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1690
Place: London
Publisher: By Philip Lea, at ye Atlas and Hercules in Cheap-side, and by I. Overton at the White Horse without Newgat
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 97-6432 [LHS 765]
Topics
America
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Includes inset of the Arctic, decorative cartouche, note, ill., and dedication by Philip Lea.
Content: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 765.
Content: Prime meridian: Teneriff.
Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Citation/reference: Phillips. Maps of America, p. 106
Citation/reference: Tooley, R.V. Mapping of America, p. 124, [no.] 54
Funding: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Statement of responsibility: Philip Lea excudit ; James Moxon sculp.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 47 x 55 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 48663132
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15307927
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 747e5250-c5d5-012f-6b35-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1640: Creator Born
  • 1690: Issued
  • 1708: Creator Died
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A new mapp of America" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1690. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ef62-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1690). A new mapp of America Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ef62-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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A new mapp of America