Maryland

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Topographic map of Maryland and the surrounding area, showing counties, towns, villages, roads, and bodies of water. There is an inset map included in the lower-left corner titled "New Map of the Province of Maryland in North America." The inset is a facsimile of a Maryland map published in February 1780. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:633,600] (10 miles to the inch).

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1 map : some hand col. ; 37 x 64 cm.

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Griffith, Dennis 1938.

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  • Geological Survey (U.S.)
    Publisher Info: Reprinted 1938, by U.S. Geological Survey
    Place of Publication: [Washington, D.C.]

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  • Main Title: Maryland
  • Added Title: Maryland at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, from 1780 and 1794 originals in the Library of Congress at Washington.
  • Added Title: Map of the State of Maryland laid down from an actual survey of all the principal waters, public roads, and divisions of the counties therein: describing the situation of the cities, towns, villages, houses of worship and other public buildings, furnaces, forges, mills, and other remarkable places, and of the Federal Territory: as also a sketch of the State of Delaware shewing the probable connexion of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays

Description

Topographic map of Maryland and the surrounding area, showing counties, towns, villages, roads, and bodies of water. There is an inset map included in the lower-left corner titled "New Map of the Province of Maryland in North America." The inset is a facsimile of a Maryland map published in February 1780. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:633,600] (10 miles to the inch).

Physical Description

1 map : some hand col. ; 37 x 64 cm.

Notes

Reprint of map published in 1795 by J. Vallance (Philadelphia).

"To the Governor, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Maryland, this map is respectfully inscribed by the author."

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  • 1938

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Griffith, Dennis. Maryland, map, 1938; [Washington, D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth493088/: accessed May 31, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.

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