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A Correct Map of Virginia
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A Correct Map of Virginia

Date1814
Maker Mathew Carey (1760 - 1839)
OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
MediumBlack and white line engraving with period outline color
DimensionsOH:16 1/2" x OW: 20 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2017-167
DescriptionUpper right corner reads: "A/ Correct Map of/ VIRGINIA"
Label TextThis map was originally published in Mathew Carey's "General Atlas" published in 1814. The General Atlas established a style in American maps for outlining counties in outline color or completely.

William C. Wooldridge, "Mapping Virginia: From the Age of Exploration to the Civil War" (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012), # 187, pp. 205-210.