Chesapeake Bay: Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania & New Jersey Original Map by Senex, 1721

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A highly important and rare original copper-engraved map of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware by a great English cartographer, John Senex, … Read more A highly important and rare original copper-engraved map of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware by a great English cartographer, John Senex, London, 1719. It is considered one of the most important maps of the region from the latter part of the 17th century.

This very elegant map is centered on Chesapeake Bay and encompasses all of the territory from Norfolk, Virginia, up past Philadelphia in the north. Its antecedent was Augustine Herrman's 1673 manuscript map, which was first printed by Christopher Browne in 1685.

John Senex devised his own version of the map in 1719 and included it in his New General Atlas of 1721. This map is one of the earliest of the subject to be oriented with the north at the top, and it demonstrates that the geography of the region was by this time very well understood. The long-established provinces of Virginia and Maryland dominate the map, and in the north is the relatively new colony of Pennsylvania, founded by William Penn in 1681. Delaware is shown to be at this time still an appendage of Pennsylvania, known as the 'Lower Counties' of Penn's Grant. New Jersey is shown to be divided into East and West Jersey. An elegant Baroque title cartouche adorns the upper left corner.

Custom framed with a wide, warm ivory linen mat and raised inner bevel for added depth. Finished in a substantial dark espresso crosshatched wood frame with subtle antiqued detailing and UV-resistant glass.

Dimensions: 24 1/4" x 19", Excellent condition, with minor age-related wear to the paper.

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