<i>The STATE of / VIRGINIA / from the best Authorities. / 1799</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1799
notes: label: Description
content: This map extends from lat. 36°15' to 41° north, and from 75°15' to 83°30' west of London; and from 15' east to 8°30' west of Philadelphia. It has a scale of American statute miles. The text at bottom reads “Engraved for New Encyclopaedia—Published by I. Low, New York.”
label: Description
content: This appeared in <i>The New and Complete American Encyclopaedia</i> (New York: Printed and Published by John Low, No. 33 Chatham Street, [1805-1811]). A similar map (or perhaps an earlier state of this map) appeared in John Payne, <i>A New and Complete System of Universal Geography</i> (New York: Printed For, and Sold By John Low, Book-Seller, At the Shakespeares Head, No. 332 Water-Street, 1798-[1800]), volume 4, facing page 385.
label: Description
content: John Low (1760-1809) was a printer and publisher in New York.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Prints from the Physical Sciences Collection
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content: Measuring & Mapping
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.317827
label: catalog number
content: 317827
label: accession number
content: 231759
objectType: label: Object Name
content: map
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 11 in; 21.59 cm x 27.94 cm