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Apr 19, 2022 · The Fry-Jefferson map, first published in 1753, was the definitive map of Virginia in the eighteenth century. Created by two of the colony’s most accomplished surveyors, Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson, A Map of the Inhabited Part of Virginia containing the whole Province of Maryland, with Part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina included their completed border survey for the ...
1778 | Map Thomas Hutchins. A New Map of the Western Parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina; Comprehending the River Ohio, and all the Rivers, which fall into it; Part of the River Mississippi, the Whole of the Illinois River, Lake Erie; Part of the Lakes Huron, Michigan &c. And all the Country bordering on these Lakes and ...
Jan 26, 2022 · Three years after William Mayo helped prepare the 1728 map of the Virginia–North Carolina boundary line, he drew a map of Virginia at Lieutenant Governor Sir William Gooch’s request. This map is most accurate in depicting the Virginia–North Carolina boundary and the new Piedmont counties, such as Goochland, and it shows the drainage system of the Shenandoah Valley.
- Becky Schneider
- 2021
"A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina." Drawn by Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson in 1751, published by Thos. Jefferys, London, 1755. Fry and Jefferson based their map on firsthand surveys -- not, as was common at the time, on the word of other ...
Jan 26, 2022 · Fellow Virginian John Henry relied heavily on Fry and Jefferson’s map as he plotted out Virginia’s county boundaries in his New and Accurate Map of Virginia (1770). Thomas Jefferson, Peter Jefferson’s son, also used his father’s map extensively while compiling A Map of the Country Between Albemarle Sounds, and Lake Erie to accompany his Notes on the State of Virginia (1785).
- Becky Schneider
- 2021
Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson’s Map of the Inhabited Part of Virginia, containing the whole of the Province of Maryland with Part of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and North Carolina, first published by Thomas Jefferys in London in 1753 (Figure 1) is one of the most celebrated maps in American history. [1] [2] Much of the map’s luster comes from ...
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Historical Notes: The best description of Peter Jefferson's role in the creation of the Map of Virginia came from his son: My father’s education had been quite neglected, but being of a strong mind, sound judgment and eager after information, he read much and improved himself insomuch that he was chosen with Joshua Fry professor of Mathm. in W.[William] & M.[Mary] college to continue the ...
