1755 Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland...

Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland dresse sur la grande carte Angloise de Mrs. Josue Fry et Pierre Jefferson A first State example of Robert De Vaugondy's French edition of the Fry-Jefferson map of Virginia and Maryland. It is identified as such by the line delineating the Pennsylvania-Maryland boundary extending to just east of the Monongahela River. A noteworthy map with regards to the development of cartographic knowledge of the American interior during the mid-18th century. This first map to accurately depict the Blue Ridge Mountains and the first to lay down the colonial road system of Virginia. Thus, the map shows excellent topographical information from Delaware through western Virginia, presenting the development, transportation and economic potential of the mid-Atlantic English colonies in a wonderfully graphic manner. Numerous plantations are plotted throughout, recognized by family names of the era. Observing the map from end-to-end, one can't help but notice the strong in