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

by Braddock Mead Alias John Green

$7,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

One of the great maps of New England. This large, intriguing map of New England was originally drawn by a shadowy figure named Braddock Mead, an Irishman and a geographer, who had to change his name to escape prosecution for kidnapping and related charges. He chose the name John Green and continued his geographical and cartographical work with several different publishers, ending up with Thomas Jefferys, the leading map publisher in London at that time. Only one map actually

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