A Map of the western parts of the province of Pennsylvania, Virginia, &c

Patten, John, 1724 or 1725-1754

[1753?]

Scale ca. 1:1,270,000

English

Library of Congress Geography and Map Division

Library of Congress Collection

• Ohio River Valley--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Ohio--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Indiana--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• Indiana
• North and Central America
• Ohio
• Ohio River
• United States

1 manuscript map : hand color on sheet 55 x 39 cm.

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• Manuscript, pen-and-ink, pencil and watercolor.
• Has watermark.
• Imperfect: Eastern portion and southwest corner wanting.
• Relief shown pictorially.
• "To the Honourable House of Representatives of the Province of Pennsylvania this map is most humbly inscribed by their most obedient and humble servant."
• Shows area from the Wabash River on the west to the Scioto River on the east, and from Lake Huron on the north to the Green River in Kentucky on the south.
• While one is not an exact copy of the other, there is great similarity to the "Traders map" ascribed to John Patten in Howard N. Eavenson's Map makers & Indian traders, 1949.
• On verso: No. 52. Map of the western parts of the province of Pennsylvania & Virginia &c. A sketch ...