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[PHILADELPHIA.] SCULL, Nicholas (1692-1762) and George HEAP. A Map of Philadelphia and Parts Adjacent. London, ca. 1777.
Engraved hand-colored map of Philadelphia 331 x 289 mm (339 x 310 mm sheet). Compass rose, decorated cartouche. (A few short tears to folds repaired on verso.)
PHILADELPHIA DURING THE REVOLUTION. In the wake of the French and Indian War, relations between the 13 American colonies and Britain deteriorated, spiking European interest in the restive colonies and their topography. The city and environs of Philadelphia--focus of much of the revolutionary activity and the headquarters of the Continental Congress--were of particular interest. The map was first published in 1753 in the Gentleman’s Magazine with a table of distances, which does not appear on the later issues. The map was the basis for Faden’s famous map. Phillips, Maps, p. 700; see Snyder 16.
Engraved hand-colored map of Philadelphia 331 x 289 mm (339 x 310 mm sheet). Compass rose, decorated cartouche. (A few short tears to folds repaired on verso.)
PHILADELPHIA DURING THE REVOLUTION. In the wake of the French and Indian War, relations between the 13 American colonies and Britain deteriorated, spiking European interest in the restive colonies and their topography. The city and environs of Philadelphia--focus of much of the revolutionary activity and the headquarters of the Continental Congress--were of particular interest. The map was first published in 1753 in the Gentleman’s Magazine with a table of distances, which does not appear on the later issues. The map was the basis for Faden’s famous map. Phillips, Maps, p. 700; see Snyder 16.