Research Catalog

Title

Fac simile of Holmes' map of the province of Pennsylvania : with the names of the original purchasers from William Penn, begun in 1681 / republished by Charles L. Warner ; eng'd by Worley & Bracher.

Author

Holme, Thomas, -1695

Publication

• No. 29 South 6th Street, Philadelphia : Charles L. Warner, 1870.
• [Philadelphia] : Printed by Fred. Bourquin

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Details

Additional Authors

• Warner, Charles L.
• Bourquin, F. (Frederick), 1808-
• Worley & Bracher, engraver.

Description

1 map on 2 sheets; 80 x 136 cm, on sheets 91 x 82 cm

Alternative Title

• Facsimile of Holmes' map of the province of Pennsylvania
• Map of the improved part of the Province of Pennsilvania in America : begun by Wil. Penn, proprietary & Governor therof, Anno 1681
• Map of the province of Pennsilvania containing the three countyes or Chester, Philadelphia & Bucks : as far as yet surveyed and laid out ye divisions or distinctions made by ye different Coullers respects the settlements by way of townships / by Thos. Holme, Survey. Genl.
• Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US195.1

Subjects

• Landowners
• Real property
• Maps
• Pennsylvania > Montgomery County
• Pennsylvania > Philadelphia County
• Chester County (Pa.) > Maps > Early works to 1800 > Facsimiles
• Philadelphia (Pa.) > Maps > Early works to 1800 > Facsimiles
• Facsimiles
• Philadelphia County (Pa.) > Maps > Early works to 1800 > Facsimiles
• 1600-1775
• Montgomery County (Pa.) > Maps > Early works to 1800 > Facsimiles
• Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
• Early works
• Pennsylvania > Maps > Early works to 1800 > Facsimiles
• History
• Pennsylvania > Delaware County
• Bucks County (Pa.) > Maps > Early works to 1800 > Facsimiles
• Delaware County (Pa.) > Maps > Early works to 1800 > Facsimiles
• Landowners > Pennsylvania > Maps
• Pennsylvania > Bucks County
• Pennsylvania > Chester County
• Real property > Pennsylvania > Maps
• Cadastral maps

Genre/Form

• History.
• Early works.
• Facsimiles.
• Maps.
• Cadastral maps.

Note

• Shows property lines and property owners in the southeast corner of Pennsylvania.
• Title taken from area beneath dedication cartouche.
• Oriented with north towards the upper right.
• Inset: The City of Philadelphia.
• Includes dedication in cartouche.
• "Entered according to act of Congress, in the Year 1870, by Charles L. Warner, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington."

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Additional Formats (note)

• Available also through the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center website as a raster image.

Call Number

Map Div. 16-623

OCLC

858920890

Author

Holme, Thomas, -1695, creator.

Title

Fac simile of Holmes' map of the province of Pennsylvania : with the names of the original purchasers from William Penn, begun in 1681 / republished by Charles L. Warner ; eng'd by Worley & Bracher.

Publisher

No. 29 South 6th Street, Philadelphia : Charles L. Warner, 1870.

Manufacturer

[Philadelphia] : Printed by Fred. Bourquin

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:65,000 (W 76°00ʹ--W 74°42ʹ/N 40°30ʹ--N 39°39ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Additional Formats

Available also through the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center website as a raster image.

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 7, page 634, column b, no. 4

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy is 1 sheet (2 sheets joined), 89 x 149 cm.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Norman B. Leventhal Map Center copy image

Chronological Term

1600-1775

Place of Publication

United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Added Author

Warner, Charles L., publisher.

Bourquin, F. (Frederick), 1808- printer.

Worley & Bracher, engraver.

Other Editions:

Facsimile of: Holme, Thomas, -1695. Map of the improved part of the province of Pennsilvania in America (OCoLC)64401434

Research Call Number

Map Div. 16-623 [Filed with Pa. 1681]