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The Province of New Jersey : divided into East and West, commonly called the Jerseys

Metadata

Creator	Faden, William, 1749-1836
Contributor	Ratzer, Bernard.
Contributor	Bancker, Gerard, 1740-1799
Date	1778
Name on Item	Engraved & published by Wm. Faden.
Publisher	Wm. Faden
Scale	Scale [ca. 1:420,000]
Language	English
Location	New York Public Library
Collection (local)	Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases
Subjects	New Jersey--Maps--Early works to 1800 New Jersey--Administrative and political divisions--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places	New Jersey North and Central America United States
Extent	1 map : col. ; 78 x 57 cm.
Terms and License	No known copyright restrictions. This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
Notes	Hand colored. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Relief shown by hachures. Shows county boundaries and "Division line run in 1743 between East New Jersey and West New Jersey." "This map has been drawn from the survey made in 1769 ... by Bernard Ratzer ... and from another large survey of the northern parts ... by Gerard Banker." "In this second edition great use has been made of several military surveys generously communicated by officers of the British troops and of the regiments of Hesse and Anspach." Includes table of "Astronomical observations."