A Map of the Whole Territory Traversed by John Lederer in His Three Marches
Date1672
Cartographer
John Lederer
Retailed by
Samuel Heyrick
Engraver
Thomas Cross
(1632 - 1682)
Secondary Maker
William Talbot
(1658/9-1730)
OriginEngland, London
MediumLine engraving on laid paper
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/4 × 9in. (19.7 × 22.9cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Barry, III, Mr. and Mrs. Macon F. Brock, Mr. and Mrs. David R. Goode, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad M. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Johnson, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Moorman, IV, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Roberts.
Object number2017-219
DescriptionTitle along the upper margin: A MAP OF THE WHO TERRITORY TRAVERSED BY IOHN LEDERER IN HIS THREE MARCHESSigned in lower lower left corner: Cross sculpsit
Label TextThe map includes the up-to-date, although largely incorrect, discoveries made by John Lederer, the first European to explore and record information about the Piedmont and the Appalachian Mountains. Lederer made three expeditions through southwest Virginia and Carolina in 1669-1670 attempting to locate a route through the Appalachian Mountains to facilitate trade with the Indians.
1809 (dated)
