A Map Of The Most Inhabited Part Of New England Containing The Provinces Of Massachusets Sic Bay And

by Braddock Mead Alias John Green C

$8,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

The largest and most detailed map of New England that had yet been published, and one of the great maps of the east coast of America, by one of the greatest figures in 18th-century cartography: 'Mead's contributions to cartography stand out ... At a time when the quality and the ethics of map production were at a low ebb in England, he vigorously urged and practiced the highest standards' Cumming, p.47 This is the grandest, most accurate and detailed map of New England

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