Connecticut

DraftsmanDrawn by Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann (German, 1754 - 1840)

PrintmakerEngraved by F. Schmidt (German, active1796)

PublisherPublished by Carl Ernst Bohn (German, active 1781 - 1816)

Date1796

MediumEngraving; black printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 14 1/8 x 17 1/4in. (35.9 x 43.8cm)
Platemark (height x width): 15 1/8 x 18 3/4in. (38.4 x 47.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 19 1/2 x 26 3/8in. (49.5 x 67cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionPolitical and physical map of the state of Connecticut with Massachusetts to the north, Rhode Island to the east, part of Long Island and Long Island Sound to the south, and New York to the west. Names are given in German and sometimes in English. The boundaries of both towns and counties are indicated. Post roads and other roads are shown. Symbols indicate the location of Congregational, Presbyterian, and Baptist churches, courthouses, academies, gristmills, sawmills, fulling mills, oil mills, paper mills, powder mills, distilleries, iron works, potash works, and fortifications. Some rivers and lakes are identified. Hills and mountains are indicated with hachure marks. The map provides considerable detail for the islands and other features along the Connecticut coast of Long Island Sound.

Object number1956.92.0

NotesCartographic Note: Scale is given in English and German miles

On View

Not on view

Collections