A Chorographical Map of the Province of New York in North America
PublisherPublished by
David Vaughan
After a work byAfter a work by
Claude Joseph Sauthier
(French, 1736 - 1802)
After a work byAfter a work published by
William Faden
(British, 1750 - 1836)
Date1849
MediumLithography; black printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 37 7/8 x 29 1/2in. (96.2 x 74.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 37 7/8 x 29 1/2in. (96.2 x 74.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2012.312.140
DescriptionMap of New York, with Canada to the north; parts of New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut to the east; the Atlantic Ocean and New Jersey to the south; and Pennsylvania, the "Six Nations Indian Country" and Lake Ontario to the west. Relief is conveyed through hachures. Various lines are used to denote county boundaries and real property. Some railroads or other transportation lines appear to be marked but not labeled. Physical features include mountains, conveyed through hachure marks; lakes; rivers; and waterfalls.
Label TextChorographical maps are those maps that deal with regions, rather than entire countries or local areas. The term is distinctly old-fashioned and was already falling out of favor when Claude Joseph Sauthier produced the original map upon which this nineteenth-century facsimile was based. Despite his French name, Saulthier served as a military draftsman for the British during the American Revolution. His map was published in London in 1779..David Vaughn, the nineteenth-century mapmaker who produced this reduced lithographic version of Sauthier's large engraved map, was responsble for a number of reproductions of historic maps, as well as for contemporary maps of New York State.
NotesCartographic Note: About 7/8 inches equals 10 miles; 69 1/2 miles to a degreeStatus
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H. F. Sumner & Co.
1833