Map of the Most Inhabited Part of New England
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$12,500.00
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“THE LARGEST AND MOST DETAILED MAP OF NEW ENGLAND THAT HAD YET BEEN PUBLISHED”: JEFFERYS’ MONUMENTAL MAP OF NEW ENGLAND, 1774(JEFFERYS, Thomas). A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of New England, Containing the Provinces of Massachusetts Bay and new Hampshire, with the Colonies of Connecticut and Rhode Island. [London: R. Sayer and J. Bennett], November 29, 1774. Folding map (39-1/2 inches by 41-1/2 inches), in contemporary marbled paper slipcase. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $12,500.1774 printing of one of the most famous and important maps of New England, “the most influential map of this area published during the eighteenth century,” which served as a guide for British military operations in the region throughout the Revolutionary War.Based upon William Douglass’ 1753 Plan of the British Dominions of New England in North America, the spectacular 1754 Map of the Most Inhabited Parts of New England was the largest and most detailed map of New England that had yet been published. Re-issued in Jefferys’1775 Atlas of America (and known thereafter as the Jefferys’ Map), it was “one of the most authoritative and most comprehensive atlases covering the revolutionary period. It was the primary cartographic publication consulted by both contestants in planning strategy, and after the war it was valuable in settling boundary disputes” (The Mapping of America).“Jefferys’ map of New England and New York was the most influential map of this area published during the eighteenth century. Based on a variety of sources, it provided the model for all the more accurate maps of New York prior to De Witt’s map of 1802… Although this map is usually attributed to Jefferys, it was actually drawn by his assistant Braddock Mead (also known as John Green). The map contains a list of the sources used in its compilation, which was unusual in the eighteenth century… As geographer to the King, Jefferys had access to manuscript surveys of the American colonies, some of which have been lost” (David Yehling Allen). First issued in 1755, the map was published in various formats until after the Revolutionary War. Tooley, 70-71 (entry 33e). See Howes J81; Cox II: 409; Phillips, Atlases, 1166; Sabin 35953.Expertly linen backed, case worn but sound. A very important pre-Revolution map in fine condition.