A Map of Pennsylvania, Exhibiting Not Only the Improved Part of That .

Scull, Nicholas

Published by London, London, 1775

About this Item

3 sheet map, backed and joined. Some damage and loss, repaired at edges, lower right corner defective, affecting border and some surface, but no text. Outline color. An important map in the history of Pennsylvania. a map oft referred to as the 'Revolutionary War map' of the state. The information depicted on the map is far and away the most comprehensive and accurate for any map of Pennsylvania to that date, and for years thereafter; a fact that in part reflects its history. In 1759, Nicolas Scull, the Surveyor General of Pennsylvania and William Scull's grandfather, issued a map of the eastern parts of Pennsylvania commissioned by the colony's government. This was based to a great extent upon Nicolas' surveys and other first hand information, making it the standard for all subsequent maps. About ten years later, William Scull produced an updated map of Pennsylvania, basing it upon his grandfather's map as well as on his own new surveys and other information. The first edition of this map, issued in small numbers, is extremely scarce and valuable. Five years later, Sayer and Bennett issued this further updated edition in Jefferys' North American Atlas of 1775.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Map of Pennsylvania, Exhibiting Not Only the Improved Part of That .
• Publisher: London, London
• Publication Date: 1775
• Edition: 1st Edition
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