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19 de abr. de 2022 · The Fry-Jefferson map, first published in 1753, was the definitive map of Virginia in the eighteenth century.
Dimensions: 95.9 × 134.6 (37 1/4 × 53 in.) Location: Entrance Hall. Provenance: Thomas Jefferson; by descent to Ellen and Joseph Coolidge; by descent to a private collection; by loan to the Thomas Jefferson Foundation since 1975. Accession Number: 1975-7-2. The Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia. Watch on.
Scale ca. 1:650,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and Curratuck Inlet. Relief shown pictorially. "To the Right Honourable, George Dunk Earl of Halifax ..." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1428 Includes distance chart added by "J. Dalrymple, London Jany. ye. 1st. 1755." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
Fry and Jefferson’s published map dominated cartographic representations of Virginia until the publication of Bishop James Madison’s map in 1807. In their map, Fry and Jefferson included their completed border survey for the western bounds of the Northern Neck and of part of the dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina.
26 de ene. de 2022 · The 1753 Fry-Jefferson Map was the most important map of Virginia drawn in the eighteenth century. Created by surveyors Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson, the map dominated cartographical representations of Virginia until 1807. The Fry-Jefferson map was commissioned in 1750 by the Board of Trade in London. In 1751, Fry and Jefferson ...
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26 de ene. de 2022 · Fry-Jefferson Maps of Virginia. A MAP of the most INHABITED part of VIRGINIA containing the whole PROVINCE of MARYLAND with Part of PENSILVANIA, NEW JERSEY AND NORTH CAROLINA. Joshua Fry (1718–1754) and Peter Jefferson (1708–1757) Thomas Jefferys (ca. 1719–1771), engraver. London, 1755.
This map of Virginia, commissioned in 1750 by the acting governor, Lewis Burwell, includes a detailed rendering of the waterways, mountains, counties, settlements, and prominent plantations in the colony. Known as the Fry-Jefferson map, it was prepared by surveyors and cartographers Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson (the father of Thomas Jefferson).
