Image Title

:  Map of the state of Virginia / constructed in conformity to law from the late surveys authorized by the Legislature and other original and authentic documents, by Herman Böye ; engraved by H.S. Tanner ; title, writn. & engrd. by Jos. Perkins.

Creator(s)

: Perkins, Joseph, 1788-1842  -- Engraver
Böye, Herman -- Cartographer

Additional Name(s)

: Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858  -- Publisher

Published Date

: 1826

Medium

: Engravings

Item Physical Description

: 1 map on 9 sheets : hand col. ; 237 x 154 cm., sheets 52 x 78 cm.

Notes

: "Entered according to Act of Congress, the 14th day of April 1826, by John Tyler, Governor of the state of Virginia." Note 2.) "Entered according to Act of Congress, the 14th day of April 1826, by John Tyler, Governor of the state of Virginia." Note 3.) "Entered according to Act of Congress, the 14th day of April 1826, by John Tyler, Governor of the state of Virginia." Note 4.) "Entered according to Act of Congress, the 14th day of April 1826, by John Tyler, Governor of the state of Virginia." Note 5.) "Entered according to Act of Congress, the 14th day of April 1826, by John Tyler, Governor of the state of Virginia." Note 6.) "Entered according to Act of Congress, the 14th day of April 1826, by John Tyler, Governor of the state of Virginia." Note 7.) "Entered according to Act of Congress, the 14th day of April 1826, by John Tyler, Governor of the state of Virginia." Note 8.) "Entered according to Act of Congress, the 14th day of April 1826, by John Tyler, Governor of the state of Virginia." Note 9.) Includes geological remarks, tables of population, steam boat routes, memoranda, altitudes and geographical positions. Note 10.) Insets: [View of] University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville -- View of Richmond from the West. Note 11.) Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection, 56. Note 12.) NYPL copy in Map Div. 97-6280 complete in 5 sheets ; 2 sheets on board and 3 sheets folded. Note 13.) National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. Note 14.) Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Note 15.) Shows county boundaries.

Standard Reference

: Deák, G.G. Picturing America, 1497-1899, 337

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. 97-6280 [LHS 56; 3 folded sheets in atlas cases with 2 sheets filed flat]

Digital ID

: 489839

Record ID

: 612875

Digital Item Published

: 5-31-2007; updated 3-25-2011