A New Map of the most Considerable / Plantations of the English in America / Dedicated to His Highness / William Duke of Glocester

Title

A New Map of the most Considerable / Plantations of the English in America / Dedicated to His Highness / William Duke of Glocester

Subject

Maps
Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)
Maps--Early works to 1800
Cartographic materials

Description

Oxford; Appearing in Edward Wells' A New Set of Maps, published in Oxford in 1700, this map was included in many editions until 1738. Little information is presented south of New York, but there are five insets: Carolina, New Scotland, I. of Jamaica, Bermudaz, and I. of Barbados. Wells was a mathematician as well as geographer. --From This New Founde Lande: The Henry & Kaye Spalding Map Collection at Hampden-Sydney College, 2008.

Creator

Wells, Edward, 1667-1727

Source

Hampden-Sydney College Archives & Special Collections

Date

1700/1738

Rights

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Format

Image

Language

English

Type

Still Image

Identifier

10010503

Coverage

British North America

Provenance

Hampden-Sydney College Archives & Special Collections
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Is Part Of

The Henry and Kaye Spalding Map Collection at Hampden-Sydney College; Image appears on pg. 35 (plate 18) of This New Founde Land, Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia, 2008

Original Format

Copperplate engraving with hand color

Physical Dimensions

46 x 33.2 cm, 18 x 13 1/8 in

Files

spalding 18.jpg

Citation

Wells, Edward, 1667-1727, “A New Map of the most Considerable / Plantations of the English in America / Dedicated to His Highness / William Duke of Glocester,” Hampden-Sydney College Digital Repository, accessed April 19, 2024, https://dams.hsc.edu/items/show/660.