A Map of Maryland and the Delaware Counties and the Southern Part of New Jersey &c., from the London Magazine
This is one of a series of maps that England's first literary periodical, the London Magazine, published during the French and Indian War (1754-63) as France and Britain fought for control of the Eastern Great Lakes and Canada, prompting an appetite for accurate details of Britain's American colonies. Relying on John Mitchell's important 1755 map of the British Colonies in North America, this image centers on Maryland while also showing adjacent areas of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and coastal Virginia.
Artwork Details
- Title: A Map of Maryland and the Delaware Counties and the Southern Part of New Jersey &c., from the London Magazine
- Engraver: Thomas Kitchin (British, Southwark 1719–1784 St. Albans)
- Printer: Robert Baldwin, London
- Date: August 1757
- Medium: Etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Image: 6 7/16 × 8 3/4 in. (16.4 × 22.2 cm)
Sheet (clipped impression): 6 3/4 × 9 3/16 in. (17.2 × 23.4 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
- Object Number: 24.90.1292
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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