Image Title

:  A map of that part of America where a degree of latitude was measured for the Royal Society / by Cha. Mason & Jere. Dixon.

Creator

: Mason, Charles, 1728-1786  -- Cartographer

Additional Name(s)

: Dixon, Jeremiah -- Cartographer

Published Date

: [1769]

Item Physical Description

: 1 map : hand col. ; 17 x 10 cm.

Notes

: Copy in Map Div. 97-6265: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection. Note 2.) Covers southern portions of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, eastern section of Maryland, Delaware, and northeastern section of Virginia. Note 3.) In upper right corner: Gent. Mag. Nov. 1769. Note 4.) Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 38. Note 5.) National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.

Standard Reference

: Jolly, D.C. Maps of America in periodicals before 1800, 244

Source

: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases / Charts and maps

Location

: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

Catalog Call Number

: Map Div. 97-6265 [LHS 38]

Digital ID

: 434429

Record ID

: 253048

Digital Item Published

: 2-3-2004; updated 3-25-2011