Subject: Pennsylvania
Period: 1780 (published)
Publication: Universal Magazine
Color: Hand Color
Size:
12.8 x 10.7 inches
32.5 x 27.2 cm
Maps from British periodicals were designed to familiarize the magazine's readers with the location of the hostilities in the Revolutionary War. This handsome and uncommon map illustrates the region that had been at the heart of the conflict during the Pennsylvania Campaign. It provides a good picture of the settlements and roads as well as topography. The map extends as far west as Chambers Town in Pennsylvania and includes part of New Jersey. The Boundary Line of Philadelphia run in 1739 divides Pennsylvania from Maryland. The decorative title cartouche features a fort and cannon.
References: Jolly #UNIV-185; Sellers & Van Ee #1298.
Condition: B+
Issued folding on paper with two medallion watermarks and some extraneous creasing, now flattened with very light soiling. There are archival repairs to a binding trim and 1" associated tear at right, as well as a couple additional tears have also been repaired on verso, and there is some minor soiling.