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
Object number1956.92.0
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.
Label TextThis elegrant engraved map of Connecticut reflects European interest in the United States in the decade following American independence. It was prepared by the German cartographer Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann for Christopher Ebeling's 1796 Atlas of North America. Although Sotzmann primarily based his map on William Blodget’s New and Correct Map of the State of Connecticut, published in Middletown, Connecticut in 1791, he included some geographical information that does not appear on that map, indicating that he drew on other sources as well.
NotesCartographic Note: Scale is given in English and German milesStatus
Not on view
Joel Knott Allen
1791 or 1792
