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Aa0104z002__1759_Sculledit.jpg
This is one of the most famous maps of the state and sometimes considered the first to present all of the state itself, but it only extends west to just past the Allegheny Front and north to the Wyoming Valley. It also appeared as several plates in A…

Aa0105z003__Evans_1755_PA.jpg
A nice example of the second edition of Evans' map, corrected and extended by Pownall.

Along with Mitchell's map issued in the same year, the Evans is considered the most important American map of the 18th Century. Both maps were intended to spur…

Aa011101z001__Ind_Twns_E.jpg
the base map is a photo-reduced version of the "Stream Map of Pennsylvania," which is reproduced by permission of the College of Africulture, the ennsylvania State University.

Bez001__Evans_1749.jpg
This may be the first map of Pennsylvania published in America. Evans followed this map with his more famous one of 1755, but this is an iconic map of the middle Atlantic and much copied, with English, German, and other editions. The county of…

Bez002__Pursh_1807.jpg
The endorsement on the back reads: "Found by me in a parcel of Plants collected by F. Pursh w[hi]ch made part of ye Lambert Herbarium, & was bought by me in London at the Lambert sale in 1842. Edward Tuckerman." In 1807 Pursh kept a "Journal of a…

Bf04z008__Evans1749.jpg
This may be the first map of Pennsylvania published in America. Evans followed this map with his more famous one of 1755, but this is an iconic map of the middle Atlantic and much copied, with English, German, and other editions. The county of…

Bf04z009__Evans1755.jpg
This map only includes the PA portion; Complete descrption from the website: A GENERAL MAP OF THE MIDDLE BRITISH COLONIES, IN AMERICA; VIZ. VIRGINIA, MARILAND, DELAWARE, PENSILVANIA, NEW-JERSEY, NEW-YORK, CONNECTICUT, AND RHODE ISLAND: OF…
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