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Bowles's new pocket map of the following Independent States of North America : viz. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensylvania, New Jersey, NewYork, Connecticut & Rhode Island [. . .] by Lewis Evans.

Maker / Publisher: BOWLES, C. / EVANS, L.
Place & Date: London, 1784
Colored: In original colors.
Size: 495 x 645 mm / 19.5 x 25.4 inches
Condition: Old foldings, rubbed spot at border in lower left corner, upper right corner repaired with slight loss of scale border. Some paper thinness on crossings of folds.
   

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GRADING Overall Rating: 66 points, 6 stars
Historical Historical Significance: Important ****
Beauty Beauty: General ****
Condition Condition Rating: Good ***
Rarity Rarity: Scarce -  A map which is very infrequently offered. ***
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Rare map, based on Evans' General Map of the Middle British Colonies In America (publ. as of 1755). The first map to eliminate "Middle British Colonies" and replace it with "Independent States of North America." Made after the Peace of 1782-1783, published in "Bowles's Universal Atlas" with maps dated 1784, this date is confidently assigned although the map is undated.
New additions, Vermont and moving part of New Hampshire to the east of the Connecticut River. "Boundary of the United States" lettered in Lake Ontario, and the dotted line extended through Lakes Erie and Huron.
The lettering of Canada remains below the border in this issue. Submap: A sketch of the Remaining part of the Ohio R., &c.
With inset map "A Sketch of the remaining Part of Ohio R &c." and distance tables.

With extensive information on the rivers, the upper right corner reading "By reason of the little Acqaintance the Publick has with these remoter Parts, where the Country is yet a Wilderness, & the necessity of knowing the Ways of travelling there, especially by Water: in the map is pointed out the Nature of the several Streams: as where rapid, gentle or obstructed [etc. etc.]."
The map has in a contemporary hand 4 crosses in brown ink at Wheeling, Redstone C., Carlisle, and Bethlem.

Reference: The Mapping of America p.67, no.29.




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